colonial architecture of bengal 4
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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
CLIMATE