Things to see in Kolkata
Kolkata is a city in India, with an urban population of about 14.8 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 11 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Victoria Memorial Museum
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata (Calcutta), having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj.
2Indian Museum Museum
The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta) is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection.
3Kalighat Kali Temple Place of worship
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition.
4Howrah Bridge Landmark
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.
5Fort William History
Fort William, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata). It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal.
6Vidyasagar Setu Landmark
Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an 822.96-metre-long (2,700 ft) cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah.
7St. Paul's Cathedral Place of worship
St. Paul's Cathedral is a Church of North India (CNI) cathedral of Anglican background in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, noted for its Gothic architecture and dedicated to Paul the Apostle.
8Maidan Park
The Maidan is a large urban area containing vast urban green space, parks, playgrounds and several public venues in the center of Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
9Tipu Sultan Mosque Place of worship
The Tipu Sultan Mosque, officially known as the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, also known locally as the Tipu Sultan Masjid, and formerly known as the Dharmatala Mosque, is a mosque located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India.
10Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Park
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, previously known as the Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta Botanic Garden, and Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, is a botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.
11Alipore Central Jail Museum
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule.
12Nakhoda Masjid Place of worship
The Nakhoda Masjid is a Sunni mosque, located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. The mosque is situated in the Chitpur area of the Burrabazar business district in Central Kolkata, at the intersection of Zakaria Street and Rabindra Sarani.
13Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary Place of worship
The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary (Commonly known as the Portuguese Church) in Burrabazar, Kolkata, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta.
14Lok Bhavan History
Lok Bhavan, formally known as Raj Bhavan (1950–2025) and Government House (1803–1950) is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.
15Alipore Zoological Gardens Park
The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal.
16Rabindra Sarobar Nature
Rabindra Sarobar (formerly known as Dhakuria Lake) is an artificial lake, garden and park in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
17Jorasanko Thakur Bari History
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is a Haveli in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of poet Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus.
18Marble Palace Museum
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007.
19Shaheed Minar History
The Shaheed Minar, formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument, is a monument in Kolkata that was erected in 1828 in memory of Major-general Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his successful defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the…
20Gurusaday Museum Museum
The Gurusaday Museum is a folk arts and crafts museum located in Kolkata, India.
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