Heritage places of
Kolkata
A growing register of the city's most significant surviving buildings — from neoclassical mansions to garden cemeteries — each documented in editorial depth.
Stories from across the city
From Park Street's forgotten Nawabi mansions to the silent obelisks of South Park Street Cemetery heritage Kolkata, narrated.
Residence of Sir Wasif Ali Mirza
The forgotten Park Street mansion of the last reigning Nawab of Murshidabad — and the lives quietly unfolding within its walls today.
Read Story →Marble Palace
An 1835 neoclassical residence still inhabited by the Mullick family, where Rubens canvases hang above pristine courtyards.
Read Story →Victoria Memorial
Curzon's white marble dream and the empire's final architectural sigh, narrated through the gardens that surround it.
Read Story →South Park Street Cemetery
Banyan roots wrap obelisks of forgotten East India Company officers — a moss-thick necropolis at the heart of the city.
Read Story →Old Chinatown — Tiretta Bazaar
Before dawn, steamed buns and hand-rolled noodles rise in the lanes of Asia's only Chinatown that still holds onto its past.
Read Story →Sovabazar Rajbari
The 18th-century palace where Kolkata's first community Durga Puja was staged — and where the traditions still echo today.
Read Story →An interactive heritage map
Pin by pin, we are charting the city — landmarks, hidden mansions, lost cinemas, Park Street stories, and the quiet businesses that occupy them now.
Open the map →