Australian tourism industry has added another feather in its cap with Sydney Opera House been declared as a World Heritage site and a masterpiece of the 20th century architecture.
It joins Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef on the World Heritage list. Other famous sites around the world include the Acropolis in Athens, the historic centre of Prague and the Taj Mahal.
The decision was made in Christchurch, New Zealand, at a meeting of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee.
The others added to the list were the Red Fort complex in New Delhi, India, the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in Japan and the Parthian Fortresses of Nisa in Turkmenistan.
The Opera house is the youngest building to be included on the World Heritage list and only the second by a living architect. It became the 17th Australian site to be included on the 800-strong World Heritage List when it won the approval of delegates at a meeting in New Zealand.
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Source: News.Com
