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Pradeep Kumar

22/07/21 11:35 AM IST

Liverpool looses its world heritage status

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The English city of Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites after the United Nations’ cultural agency found new buildings, including a football stadium, undermined the attractiveness of its Victorian docks.

Liverpool
  • Liverpool was named a World Heritage Site in 2004, joining cultural landmarks such as the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.
  • The world's first integrated sewer system was constructed in Liverpool 
Other sites removed from the list
  • The only other sites stripped previously of the title are a wildlife sanctuary in Oman in 2007 after poaching and habitat loss, and the Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany in 2009 when a four-lane motorway bridge was built over the river.
UNESCO’s world heritage 
  • A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
  • World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance.
  • The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".
Source: PIB

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