Andhra Pradesh tourism is unique for the tourists especially when they travel to Charminar - a major landmark in the city of Hyderabad which has become the synonym with its name like the Statue of Liberty for New York and Kremlin for Moscow and Taj Mahal for Agra. The Charminar was built by Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah when he shifted his capital from Golkonda to Hyderabad as a great tribute to aesthetics looks. Charminar is romantic edifice of architectural eminence built upon four grand arches facing North, South, East and West. At all these four corners of the square there is a minaret rising to a height of 24 meters which combinedly made the building nearly 54 meters tall! It is because of these four tall minarets, the name has been given Charminar which is derived from two words "Char" which means "four" and "minar" which means "minarets".