My Architecture of Victoria Memorial

                                      My Architecture of Victoria Memorial

William Emerson, the then President of the Royal institute of British Architects was the chief architect of Victoria Memorial, and built it out of white Makrana marble, sourced from Jodhpur in Rajastan, India. He was assisted by supervising architecture of the heritage monument is predicated on Indo-Saracenic revivalist style with a mixture of influences from Egyptian, Venetian, Deccan and Islamic elements. the development of the memorial was commissioned to Messrs, Martin & Co. of Calcutta.

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The memorial stands at a height of 200 feet including 16 feet height of the ‘Angle of Victory’ placed on top of the central dome which rotate with the wind. Four allegorical sculptures namely, Art, Architecture, Justice and Charity surround the central dome. Three more allegorical structure, Motherhood, Learning and Prudence, are placed just above the front façade or north porch. All the allegorical sculptures were sculpted in and shipped from Italy