This is the most famous monument located in the city of Bijapur or Vijapur in Karnataka in southern India.  It is the tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah (ruled 1627-1657) of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Indian Sultans who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1490 to 1686. The Gol Gumbaz complex includes a mosque, a Naqqar Khana (a hall for the trumpeters) which is now used as museum as well as the ruins of guest houses.

The tomb was built in 1659 by the famous architect, Yaqut of Dabul. The structure consists of a massive square chamber measuring nearly 50 m on each side and covered by a huge dome 37.9 m in diameter making it the third largest pre-modern dome in the entire world (after the dome of Hagia Sophia and Pantheon). Outside, the building is supported by domed octagonal corner towers. The Dome is the second largest one in the world, next in size only to St Peter's Basilica in Rome, which is unsupported by any pillars.

At the periphery of the dome is a circular balcony where visitors can witness the astounding whispering gallery. Any whisper, clap or sound gets echoed around 10 times. Anything whispered from one corner of the gallery can be heard clearly on the diagonally opposite side. It is also said that the Sultan, Ibrahim Adil Shah and his Queen used to converse in the same manner. During his time, the musicians used to sing, seated in the whispering gallery so that the sound produced could reach every corner of the hall.

In the centre of the podium are the tombs of Muhammad Adil Shah II and his relatives, while to the west, is the mosque, also raised slightly above the floor level of the chamber.

The Gol Gumbaz, a grand mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah, though a structural triumph of Deccan architecture, is impressively simple in design. The surroundings have been converted into a splendid garden and the site is maintained by The Archaeological Survey of India.