http://www.tourismkanpur.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.tourismkanpur.org/2010/01/the-kanpur-memorial-church-all-soul%e2%80%99s-cathedral/ http://www.tourismkanpur.org/2010/01/the-kanpur-memorial-church-all-soul%e2%80%99s-cathedral/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:08:54 +0000 admin http://www.tourismkanpur.org/?p=335 The Kanpur Memorial Church built in 1875, was designed by Walter Granville. This Gothic style building has fine stained glass windows and interesting memorials. There is a Memorial Garden on the eastern side. There is a carved gothic screen, designed by Henry Yule and in the center there is a beautifully carved figure of an angel by Baron Carlo Marochetti, representing the ’symbol of peace’. The Cemetery has a number of graves from the late 19th century.

]]> http://www.tourismkanpur.org/2010/01/the-kanpur-memorial-church-all-soul%e2%80%99s-cathedral/feed/ 1 http://www.tourismkanpur.org/2009/12/the-kanpur-memorial-church/ http://www.tourismkanpur.org/2009/12/the-kanpur-memorial-church/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:42:14 +0000 admin http://www.tourismkanpur.org/?p=275 The Kanpur Memorial Church was built in 1875, in honor of the British who lost their lives in the war of 1857. The Church was designed by Walter Granville, architect of the east Bengal Railway. The complete Church in Lombardic gothic style is handsomely executed in bright red brick, with polychrome dressings. The interior contains monuments to the mutiny, including several memorial tablets.

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