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Victoria Memorial Kolkata: Victoria Memorial Hall The Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, India, features a grand white marble building with a central dome and a large statue of Queen Victoria at the front steps.
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Victoria Memorial Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, India.

Victoria Memorial

building, Kolkata, India
Also known as: Victoria Memorial Hall
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Lesley Levene
Lesley Levene trained as an archaeologist. For the last 20 years, she has worked freelance as a book editor and writer. 
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Victoria Memorial, a majestic white marble edifice situated in the middle of 64 acres (25 ha) of sprawling gardens, dominating the centre of the Kolkata, India. Architecturally, it seems to reflect contemporary British civic classicism, but there are deliberate Eastern references as well. The Victoria Memorial was conceived by Lord Curzon as a fitting monument to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom following her death in 1901. He organized funding for the project from within...

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