Victoria Memorial

                                                               The Victoria Memorial Victoria Memorial , a majestic white marble edifice positioned in the middle of 64 acres( 25 ha) of sprawling auditoriums , dominating the centre of the Kolkata, India. Architecturally, it seems to reflect contemporary British communal classicism , but there are deliberate Eastern references as well. The Victoria Memorial was conceived by Lord Curzon as a befitting monument to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom following her death in 1901. He organized backing for the design from within India and commissioned William Emerson, one of the leading British engineers of the day, to design the edifice for the centre of the megacity that was also the capital of British India. The Napoleon of Wales( latterly King George V) laid the foundation on Januar...