The Flora Fountain is a three-tier monument crafted from imported Portland stone that sits at the center of Hutatma Chowk. You can identify it by the statue of the Roman goddess Flora, who stands at the very top of the structure, watching…
Horniman Circle and Town Hall
Walk the historic core of Fort to trace how British civic planning and indigenous capital transformed a colonial outpost into a global financial powerhouse.
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1. Flora Fountain
2. Bombay Stock Exchange
The Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers rise twenty-nine stories above Dalal Street, characterized by a curved façade of alternating glass and concrete bands. This structure houses the Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The…
3. St. Thomas’ Cathedral ( C.N.I ), Mumbai
St. Thomas’ Cathedral is identified by its position as the historic center of the city, marking what was once known as colonial Bombay’s zero point. Distances along the city’s major roads were measured from this site, which served as the…
4. Old Custom House
The Old Custom House is a two-story stone building situated in the historic Fort area of Mumbai. Constructed by the British East India Company between seventeen ten and seventeen fourteen, it once functioned as the primary center for the…
5. The Asiatic Society, Mumbai
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai occupies the Town Hall, a neoclassical building defined by a monumental flight of thirty stone steps leading to a portico supported by eight Doric columns. Completed in eighteen thirty-three, the structure was…
6. Horniman Circle Garden
Horniman Circle Garden is a circular public park in the Fort district of Mumbai, distinguished by a precise neoclassical ring of heritage office buildings that frame it. Originally known as Bombay Green, this space served as a primary…
7. Ruttonsee Muljee Jetha Fountain
The Ruttonsee Muljee Jetha Fountain sits at the busy crossroads of Mint Road and P D'Mello Road, marked by a stone statue of a young boy perched at its peak. This boy is depicted holding a book, a detail included by the sculptor John…