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The site has been listed as endangered since 2000 because of the destruction of historic water tanks in 1999 to widen a road and deteriorating perimeter walls of the Garden, listed on request of the Pakistan government [25] [26] Golden Temple of Dambulla: Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]
While the large, domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is an extensive complex of buildings and gardens that extends over 22.44 hectares (55.5 acres) [note 1] [1] and includes subsidiary tombs, waterworks infrastructure, the small town of Taj Ganji to the south and a 'moonlight garden' to the north of ...
Sri Lanka: Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (F) Cultural: 201: Ancient City of Sigiriya: Cultural: 202: Sacred City of Anuradhapura: Cultural: 200 Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve: Natural: 199 United States: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site: Cultural: 198 ( South Yemen) Yemen: Old Walled City of Shibam (F) Cultural: 192
The Great Basses wreck is an early 18th-century shipwreck on Great Basses Reef, about 12 km off the south coast of Sri Lanka, discovered by Arthur C. Clarke and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb , yielded fused bags of silver rupees , cannons, and other artifacts.
Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war between armed separatist Tamil Tiger forces and the Sri Lankan army ended in May 2009 after 26 years, with government troops claiming victory in a conflict that left ...
The Taj Mahal, Agra, State of Uttar Pradesh, India; The Tower of Silence, Mumbai. Mathura Refinery; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Sriharikota Space Station in Nellore district state of Andhra Pradesh. A 10-km radius no-fly zone over Kalpakkam nuclear installation, Tamil Nadu. All flight activity to 10,000 feet (3,000 m) over the Kalpakkam area ...