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The Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai located in South Mumbai in Maharashtra, India is a Grade IIA heritage building (‘V’ shaped as viewed from top) opposite to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (a UNESCO World heritage site) at the junction of Dadabhai Naoroji Road and Mahapalika Marg. It is also known as the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation Building, or BMC building for short.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Municipal Corporation Building )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】format=PDF ) 〕 As the name suggests, the building houses the civic body that governs the city of Mumbai, which is now named the Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika ((マラーティー語:बृहन्मुंबई महानगर पालिका)) or the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and which has as its motto, "यतो धर्मस्ततो जय" (Sanskrit: Yato Dharmastato Jaya or, ''Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory''), inscribed on the banner of its Coat of Arms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Coat of Arms of the City of Mumbai )〕 It is said to be the largest civic organization in the country and covers an area of 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Landmarks in and around Colaba )〕 ==History== The BMC was created in 1865 and Arthur Crawford was its first Municipal Commissioner. The Municipality was initially housed in a modest building at the terminus of Girgaum Road. In 1870, it was shifted to a building on the Esplanade, located between Watson Hotel and the Sassoon Mechanics Institute where the present Army & Navy building is situated. On December 9, 1884, the foundation stone for the new building of the Bombay Municipal Corporation was laid opposite Victoria Terminus now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, by the then Viceroy, Lord Ripon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Bombay Municipal Corporation, Bombay c. 1880 ) 〕 Two designs were considered for the building; one of the Gothic designs done by F. W. Stevens and the other in the Indo-Saracenic design presented by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. The Gothic design was finally selected. The building was completed in 1893. The building is known for its tall tower. The chief architectural feature is the central dome that rises to a height of .〔 The gable has a huge winged allegorical figure representing the 'urbs prima in Indis', the first city of India as it was to be known then. The richly molded and paneled Council Chamber has a ceiling of unpolished teak. Records also support that at these environs Phansi Talao or Gallows Tank, where public hangings took place, was located.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mumbaimunicipalcorporationbuilding )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mumbai City travel Guide )〕 In the period from 1100 to 1500 AD, the architecture of churches constructed with ornamental arches, with ribs supported by buttresses resulted, in the subsequent idea of the framed structural design with grandeur and monumentality during the renaissance period of 1500–1700 AD, as the distinct style; the Bombay Municipal Corporation building, the Victoria Terminus, the Rajabai tower and the University of Bombay are some examples of this style. The old style of dome construction was also revived and became popular; 1750 onwards was considered to be the period of modern architecture. The Gothic architecture with controlled composition custom–made to the climatic extremes of the city has cusped window arches and elaborately domed corner towers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Heritage Buildings )〕 At the entrance to the BMC stands an impressive bronze statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta that gives a picturesque view of the roads and buildings in front (pictured).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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