The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Bombay is a collection of 19th-century Victorian Revival public and 20th-century Mumbai Art Deco private buildings in the Fort precinct of

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. This ensemble was declared a

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in 2018. These buildings are set around the

Oval Maidan Oval Maidan is a large Grade I recreational ground situated in South Mumbai, India. It is so named because of its oval shape and is situated just south of Churchgate. It is a popular recreation ground, with the most popular sports played there ...

, a large recreational ground that was once known as the Esplanade. The east of the Oval is flanked by the Victorian Gothic public buildings and the western side is flanked by the

Art Deco buildings Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United ...

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Reclamation and

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. This nomination aims to safeguard a total of 94 buildings. The 19th century Victorian Gothic buildings that lie to the east of the Oval are mainly the

Mumbai High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the o ...

, The

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(Fort Campus) and The City Civil and Sessions Court (Housed in the Old Secretariat Building). This stretch also houses one of the landmarks of Mumbai, the

Rajabai Clock Tower The Rajabai Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai India. It is in the confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai. It stands at a height of 85 m (280 ft or 25 storeys). The tower is part of The Victorian and Art Deco Ense ...

. The 20th century Art Deco buildings flank the western stretch of the

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and consist mainly of privately owned residential buildings and the

Eros Cinema The Eros Cinema is an Art Deco style, now defunct, cinema theatre located in Cambata Building at Churchgate, Mumbai, India. It has a seating capacity of 1,204 people per show. Architects ''Shorabji Bhedwar'' designed the Streamline Moderne buil ...

among others. This ensemble of Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings was added to the list of

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on 30 June 2018 during 42nd session of World Heritage Committee at Manama, Bahrain.

List of heritage structures or sites

Victorian

Indian Neo-Gothic (Hindu Gothic) architecture

*City Civil and Sessions Court (Old Secretariat) *University of Bombay complex: **

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*Public Works Department Building * Esplanade Mansion *

David Sassoon Library The David Sassoon Library and Reading Room is a famous library and heritage structure in Mumbai, India. The idea for a library to be situated in the center of the city came from Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, Albert Sassoon, son of the famous B ...

Elphinstone College Elphinstone College is one of the constituent colleges of Dr. Homi Bhabha State University, a state cluster university. Established in 1823, it is one of the oldest colleges in Mumbai. It played a major role in shaping and developing the ed ...

Maharashtra Police Headquarters Maharashtra Police Headquarters building (formerly Royal Alfred Sailors' Home) is a Grade I listed UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Mumbai that was built between 1872 and 1876, and designed by the British architect Frederick William Stevens, ...

*Indian Mercantile Mansion *

Wellington Fountain Wellington Fountain is a listed heritage structure in front of Maharashtra Police Headquarters at Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Chowk in Fort, Mumbai, which is part of Mumbai's Victorian ensemble that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was erected ...

Neoclassical

*Standard Chartered Bank Building *Army and Navy Building *Institute of Science *Sir Cowasji Jehangir Hall,

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Indo-Saracenic

*Western Railway Headquarters Offices *

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, (CSMVS) originally named Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is a museum in Mumbai (Bombay) which documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times. It was founded during Brit ...

*Majestic Aamdar Niwas

Art Deco

Regal Cinema The Regal Cinema is an Art deco movie theatre located at Colaba Causeway, in Mumbai, India. Built by Framji Sidhwa, the first film to be aired at the Regal was the Laurel and Hardy work ''The Devil's Brother'' in 1933. According to the ''Li ...

*Motabhoy Mansion *Soona Mahal *Keval Mahal *Buildings around the

and

Gallery

File:ErosTheater.jpg, The Eros Cinema (Art Deco) File:Mumbai, India, Central Mumbai, Gothic style architecture.jpg, Majestic Amdar Niwas File:Goods Truck (15014102286).jpg,

File:Mumbai, India, University of Mumbai, Fort Campus.jpg, The University Library File:Mumbai, India, Rajabai Clock Tower and palm trees.jpg, Rajabai Clock Tower File:Regal Cinema Mumbai.jpg,

References

External links

Art Deco Buildings in Bombay (Flickr album)
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