Victoria Memorial (India)

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Victoria Memorial in Calcutta .

The Victoria Memorial is a monument erected in Kolkata in honor of Queen Victoria of Great Britain .

In January 1901, after the death of Queen Victoria, George Curzon , Governor General and Viceroy of India , proposed that a monument be erected in honor of the Queen The Prince of Wales , who later became King George V, laid the foundation stone on January 4, 1906 .

The Victoria Memorial was designed by the English architect William Emerson . It was completed in 1921. The gardens were designed by Lord Redesdale and Sir David Prain . It currently houses a museum and serves as a tourist attraction in Calcutta. The museum houses over 30,000 exhibits. The style of the building has been described as Indo-Saracen as it incorporates elements of Indian-Islamic architecture. The building contains allusions to the Taj Mahal , India's most famous structure. Like the Taj, the Victoria Memorial is built in white Makrana marble.

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  • Side facade of the Victoria Memorial

  • Statue of the lion at the memorial

  • General view of the memorial

  • Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, at twilight

Web links

Commons : Victoria Memorial, Kolkata  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ HE Lehman: Lives of England's monarchs. AuthorHouse, 2005, ISBN 1-4184-9692-8 , p. 390. (Google Books)
  2. ^ EW Herbert: Flora's empire: British gardens in India. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8122-4326-0 , p. 224. (Google Books)
  3. ^ Victoria Memorial. on: archive.india.gov.in
  4. ↑ Saracen. In: Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 23 Sept 2007.
  5. ^ M. Hermann: Architecture in India. GRIN Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-640-92977-1 .

Coordinates: 22 ° 32 ′ 41.4 ″  N , 88 ° 20 ′ 33.1 ″  E