Colonial architecture of bengal 4

04/13/23 Architecture Discipline, Khulna University 1

Colonial Architecture of Bengal

Projection of Greece and Rome

Lecture: 05

04/13/23 Architecture Discipline, Khulna University 2

Projection of Greece and Rome

The buildings of Cape Town were of Dutch Style, known to European.

Other places experienced Less European influences

In Coromandel Coast & Bengal Coast buildings in brilliant settings and strong associative value

An Architecture which had its roots in Greece and Rome

The style of the buildings …… an appearance similar to that what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander.

04/13/23 Architecture Discipline, Khulna University 3

Projection of Greece and Rome

Calcutta’s Neo Classical buildings did not present directly.

Diamond Harbour

River Hoogly

Garden Reach

Viewed from Hoogly Calcutta has the appearance of

a city of Palaces

04/13/23 Architecture Discipline, Khulna University 4

Projection of Greece and Rome

What they mostly encounter in their irresistible advancement towards European

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