Architecture of Mumbai: Difference between revisions

The [[Rajabai Tower]] in [[South Mumbai]] is located in the confines of the [[Fort (area)|Fort]] campus of the [[University of Mumbai]], and was constructed between 1869 and 1878.<ref name="Profile" /> It was designed by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]], an English architect, and was modeled on [[Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster|Big Ben]], the clock tower of the United Kingdom's houses of Parliament in London.<ref name="Mumbai.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbai.org.uk/rajbai-tower.html|title=Rajabai Tower|publisher=Mumbai.org.uk|access-date=15 August 2009|archive-date=22 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822035156/http://www.mumbai.org.uk/rajbai-tower.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The tower stands at a height of 85&nbsp;m (280&nbsp;ft) and at the time it was the tallest building in India. The tower fuses [[Venice|Venetian]] and [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] styles.<ref name="Mumbai.org"/> It is built out of the locally available buff coloured [[Kurla]] stone and [[stained glass]].<ref name="Mumbai.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mu.ac.in/service_library.html |title=About |publisher=[[University of Mumbai]] |access-date=15 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809041508/http://mu.ac.in/service_library.html |archive-date=9 August 2009 }}</ref>

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