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The Charminar (Urdu: "Four Minars") is a monument, built in the center of Hyderabad by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 as a commemoration of the eradication of a plague. This great monument is a synonym for Hyderabad and the foundation around which the glory and history of the city has developed. To imagine 400-year-old Hyderabad city without Charminar is to imagine New York City without the Statue of Liberty or Moscow without the Kremlin. Many Westerners refer to Charminar as the Arc de Triomphe of the East.