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The walls of British Bombay were pulled down in the 1860s, yet the district still carries the name Fort.
A cluster of colonial-era civic and commercial buildings in South Mumbai's historic Fort district, once the walled heart of British Bombay before the fortifications were demolished in the 1860s. The precinct blends Gothic Revival institutional buildings with later Art Deco commercial structures built as the area modernised. It remains Mumbai's financial and legal district, home to the Bombay Stock Exchange and Bombay High Court. Much of the area is included within the city's UNESCO World Heritage-listed architectural ensemble.
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Built to remember soldiers killed in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1838 to 1842, it carries their regiments in stained glass and marble.
The Portuguese built it in 1640 to watch for approaching ships. Now people come to watch the sun go down.
Portuguese fishing villages, old Catholic churches and the bungalows of the East Indian Catholic community, all within a single walk.