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Photo: Photo by Cowan, A.T. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Over 100 Art Deco buildings curve along the waterfront, and at night the lights turn it into the Queen's Necklace.
India's most famous art deco promenade, curving along Mumbai's western waterfront and lined with over 100 art deco buildings built mostly in the 1930s-40s. Its crescent shape, lit up at night, earned it the nickname "Queen's Necklace." The stretch forms part of the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. It remains one of the city's most popular spots for evening walks, street food and sea breezes.
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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.
Mumbai's double-decker buses have been a fixture since 1937. Here they are kept, with old tram memorabilia, as part of the story of how the city moved.