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Historians say
Two building groups facing each other across the Oval Maidan — Victorian Neo-Gothic on the east from the late 19th century, Art Deco on the west from the 1920s. Criteria (ii) and (iv). Inscribed at the 42nd session in Manama, Bahrain. UNESCO calls the hybrid results INDO-GOTHIC and INDO-DECO.