Where?

[tafkatrav]

vienna

 

[chaitanya]

Kolkata, INDIA

 

[brmstn69]

Kolkata, INDIA

It's funny, since it's halfway around the world and a completely different culture, but that looks remarkably similar to our "Old Courthouse" here in Evansville, Indiana...

 

[chaitanya]

It's funny, since it's halfway around the world and a completely different culture, but that looks remarkably similar to our "Old Courthouse" here in Evansville, Indiana...

That's because we were once a British colony, and the city where I live, Kolkata (formerly called Calcutta by the British as they couldn't pronounce Kolkata which was a very small village during their arrival) was built by the British for themselves when they changed their mask of Traders and became our Masters and ruled us for over 250 years. Actually they felt an urge to make a new city for themselves which could be their capital in India. Calcutta served as the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a shift of the capital to New Delhi. Kolkata is now the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal (East Bengal is now the sovereign country of Bangladesh. Previously West & East Bengal was one province of India called by the name of Bengal only. The British made the partition of Bengal before leaving our country and gave the East Bengal part to Pakistan which came to be known as East Pakistan for some time and later the people of East Pakistan fought against Pakistan and with the help of India got their freedom from Pakistan and became the present Bangladesh).
The building in the picture (posted by me) is called the Victoria Memorial Hall which is a large marble building here in Kolkata built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria of England and is now a museum. The design of this monument is in the Indo-Saracenic revivalist style. This style uses a mixture of British and Mughal elements as well as Venetian, Egyptian, Deccani and Islamic architectural influences. I suppose that's why it has got some architectural similarities with the "Old Courthouse" building in Evansville, Indiana and may be with many other buildings/monuments of the world.
Thanks & the picture was nice. I have a knack for the knowledge of various architectural styles around the world; although that's not my field of studies



This is the North Facade (Front Side) of the building.

 

[brmstn69]

Thank you for the history lesson, it is a very impressive building. To be honest, the pictures of the Old Courthouse really don't do it justice. Not only is it considered one of the finest examples of German Beaux-Arts architecture in existence, but it is truly massive at 216 ft tall and 95,840 sq.ft. the picture just doesn't reflect the scale of this building, nor does it show any of the detail work. The building is covered in carvings and sculptures including 14 life size statues. Oh, and it's constructed of Indiana limestone. Funny thing is, in 1969 they planned to tear it down but the bids for demolition were so expensive, it was cheaper to restore it, lol...

Here's an aerial video shot from a drone that shows it off a bit better.

 

[coscar]

Born in Egypt, of Maltese parents, Moved to Nairobi when I was seven, then came to Australia in 1956. Cheers.

 

[Jase]

Oklahoma

 

[anarren]

DC!