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The Victoria Memorial of Kolkata Memorial is one of the famous and beautiful monuments of Kolkata. It was built between 1906 and 1921 to commemorate Queen Victoria's 25-year reign in India. ... Her reign ended with her death in 1901. The Victoria Memorial is possibly the most awesome reminder of the Raj to be found in India.The gardens cover an area of about 57 acres and feature statues of Queen Victoria, Charles Cornwallis, Arthur Wellesley, and Rajendra Nath Mookherjee, among others. The property is now under the control of the Ministry of Culture.The Victoria Memorial's architect was William Emerson (1843–1924). The design is in the Indo-Saracenic revivalist style which uses a mixture of British and Mughal elements with Venetian, Egyptian, Deccani architectural influences. The building is 338 by 228 feet (103 by 69 m) and rises to a height of 184 feet (56 m).Hamo Thornycroft's seated statue of Queen Victoria, in the ornate Chhatri within a fine canopy was removed to the Lucknow State Museum after India's independence The base of the pedestal that once carried the statue of seated Victoria is now a memorial to zBegum of Awadh with a plaque set on it, and the park (earlier ...Fort William is basically the old fort constructed by the British. Victoria Memorial Square is mirrored by Clarence Park. It has the shape of an irregular octagon and covers the area of 5 km². The Victoria Memorial was built in the memories of Queen Victoria after the death in 1902.

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