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Notre-Dame Main Structure Saved, Macron Vows To Heal Heart Of Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after a colossal fire tore through the building, sending the spire crashing to the ground and wiping out centuries of heritage.
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Tenants In A Tangle Over Renovating 150-Year-Old Building In Mumbai
The Esplanade mansion, a 150-year-old building recognised by UNESCO as a heritage structure, is today a monument in shambles and a disaster-in- waiting.
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Mumbai's Iconic Victorian And Art Deco Buildings In UNESCO Heritage List
Mumbai's Art Deco buildings, believed to be the world's second largest collection after Miami, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List on Saturday.
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China To Build World's Deepest, Largest High-Speed Rail Station
China will build the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station at a popular section of the country's Great Wall, as part of its preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported today.
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Rome's Colosseum Sparkles After Magnate-Funded Restoration
The Colosseum has emerged more imposing than ever after its most extensive restoration, a multimillion-euro cleaning to remove a dreary, undignified patina of soot and grime from the ancient arena, which has been assailed for decades by pollution in traffic-clogged Rome.
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CST Won't Become a World-Class Station Any Time Soon
Despite nearly ten years having passed since the Indian Railways decided to transform the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) station into a world-class station, the authorities never put the plan into action, and have now decided to put it on hold instead.
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China's Great Wall is Disappearing, Says Report
Around 30 per cent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities -- including stealing the bricks to build houses -- erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported.
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Why Government Doesn't Want Delhi to be a World Heritage City Anymore
Delhi has dropped out of the race to be named a World Heritage city just a month before UNESCO was to review nominations from across the world.
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Mice, Smog and MPs: UK Parliament Faces Urgent Repairs
Behind the neo-Gothic splendour of Big Ben, Britain's Houses of Parliament is crumbling and overrun with mice, prompting its top official to warn the building may have to be "abandoned" without urgent renovations.
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French seal off Mali's Timbuktu, rebels torch library
French and Malian troops on Monday sealed off Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site, after fleeing Islamist rebel fighters torched several buildings in the ancient Saharan trading town, including a priceless manuscript library.
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Notre-Dame Main Structure Saved, Macron Vows To Heal Heart Of Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after a colossal fire tore through the building, sending the spire crashing to the ground and wiping out centuries of heritage.
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Tenants In A Tangle Over Renovating 150-Year-Old Building In Mumbai
The Esplanade mansion, a 150-year-old building recognised by UNESCO as a heritage structure, is today a monument in shambles and a disaster-in- waiting.
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Mumbai's Iconic Victorian And Art Deco Buildings In UNESCO Heritage List
Mumbai's Art Deco buildings, believed to be the world's second largest collection after Miami, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List on Saturday.
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China To Build World's Deepest, Largest High-Speed Rail Station
China will build the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station at a popular section of the country's Great Wall, as part of its preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported today.
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Rome's Colosseum Sparkles After Magnate-Funded Restoration
The Colosseum has emerged more imposing than ever after its most extensive restoration, a multimillion-euro cleaning to remove a dreary, undignified patina of soot and grime from the ancient arena, which has been assailed for decades by pollution in traffic-clogged Rome.
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CST Won't Become a World-Class Station Any Time Soon
Despite nearly ten years having passed since the Indian Railways decided to transform the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) station into a world-class station, the authorities never put the plan into action, and have now decided to put it on hold instead.
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China's Great Wall is Disappearing, Says Report
Around 30 per cent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities -- including stealing the bricks to build houses -- erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported.
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Why Government Doesn't Want Delhi to be a World Heritage City Anymore
Delhi has dropped out of the race to be named a World Heritage city just a month before UNESCO was to review nominations from across the world.
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Mice, Smog and MPs: UK Parliament Faces Urgent Repairs
Behind the neo-Gothic splendour of Big Ben, Britain's Houses of Parliament is crumbling and overrun with mice, prompting its top official to warn the building may have to be "abandoned" without urgent renovations.
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French seal off Mali's Timbuktu, rebels torch library
French and Malian troops on Monday sealed off Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site, after fleeing Islamist rebel fighters torched several buildings in the ancient Saharan trading town, including a priceless manuscript library.
