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18th-century Armenian Apostolic church. The current building dates back to 1724.
The Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth is an 18th-century Armenian Apostolic church at Kolkata (Calcutta), India, serving as the centre of the Armenian Community of Calcutta and the seat of the Armenian Vicariate of India and the Far East. It is affiliated with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It was first built in the year 1688 during the Mughal era and rebuilt in 1724 on the old cemetery of the Armenian community, through the efforts of Agha Nazar after the original wooden structure perished in a fire in 1707.
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The largest synagogue in Eastern India, with Victorian architectural style. It was built in 1884 by Elias David Ezra in memory of his father David Joseph Ezra, who made his fortune in the real estate trade of Kolkata. It is colloquially called lal minarwala church (লাল মিনারওয়ালা চার্চ lāl minārōyālā chārch) for its distinctive red tower.
নাখোদা মসজিদ Nākhodā Mosjid
হাওড়া ব্রিজ Hāōṛā Brij
Officially Rabindra Setu (রবীন্দ্র সেতু Robīndro Setu), the 705 m long Howrah Bridge is one of the iconic bridges of West Bengal. It is a cantilever bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River, and was built without any nut or bolts. The bridge was commissioned in 1943 by Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company, replacing the older pontoon bridge. It took over six years to build, and the entire project cost ₹25 million.
Built in 1835 by zamindar and art connoisseur Raja Rajendra Mullick, the palace is now a private museum. Spend your afternoon among precious objects d'art, including works of Rubens and Sir Joshua Reynolds. A real garden, of maybe an acre with a Palladian Mansion, set square in the centre. Today this palace has an incongruous collection of statues and paintings. There is also a private zoo housing a collection of birds from different corners of the world.
জোড়াসাঁকো ঠাকুরবাড়ি Jōrāsānkō Thākurbāṛi, House of the Tagores, Rabindra Bharati Museum
The ancestral home of the Tagore family. The huge sprawling brick mansions were the cultural hub of Kolkata for close to a century and a major force in the women's liberation movement. It hosted the first Brahmo wedding and was an important centre of Indian independence movement. The house was converted into a museum in 1961. The museum has three large galleries—one of the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore, a second gallery about his close relatives such as father Debendranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore etc. and a third gallery on the Bengali Renaissance in general.