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Jubilee Clock Tower

Keywords : Mughal-Moorish style, Clock Tower, Jubilee Clock Tower

Site common nameJubilee Clock Tower
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityGeorge Town
StatePenang
CountryMalaysia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 5.419207
Long : 100.34417

History of productionThe clock tower of Penang was built for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria of Great Britain in 1897
ArtThis tower mix both Spanish Moorish art and Indian Mughal art which is a common style of British Colonial art. The first level uses the octagonal plan with Indian decoration. Over the first level is the square tower with the Spanish horseshoe arch. On top is the Indian octagonal Chhatri.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBritish Colonization Period
Age19th – 20th century

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali