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Today the Oval Maidan offers a spectacular ensemble of Victorian Gothic buildings on its eastern side, and another impressive ensemble of Art Deco buildings on its western side as a testimony to the modernization phases that Mumbai went through leading to a modern independent India in 1947.
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. This ensemble was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
The ensemble of the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings, which has been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2018, is located in the city of Mumbai in India. The buildings have been made around Mumbai’s famous park, known as the Oval Maidan.
Jul 3, 2018 · The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble (VGAD) is a spectacular 66.34 ha ensemble of buildings from two very distinct and contrasting styles of architecture in a unique juxtaposition. The Oval Maidan, the fulcrum around which the ensemble was built, gives it an identity which sets it apart from any other built space in the city.
Jul 3, 2018 · ‘The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai forms an architectural development of Outstanding Universal Value embodying urban re-engineering in the context of colonial cities over the 19th and 20th centuries, with the demolition of fortifications to restructure the Esplanade followed by the ambitious Backbay Reclamation Scheme, this was emble...
The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Bombay is a collection of 19th-century Victorian neo-Gothic public buildings and 20th-century Art Deco in Mumbai buildings in the Fort...
The Victorian Gothic & Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai represents the modernization of Mumbai into a cosmopolitan city by the late 19th century. The area comprises the urban plan and historic buildings around the open green space of the Oval Maidan.
