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Rambagh Gate, Bikaner House wins top award from UNESCO

Rambagh Gate, Bikaner House wins top award from UNESCO

The resilient urban revitalisation of Rambagh Gate and Ramparts in Punjab, and heritage conservation projects related to Haryana’s Church of Epiphany and Delhi’s Bikaner House won UNESCO awards on Thursday.“With people, heritage and creativity at its core, the resilient urban revitalisation of the Rambagh Gate and Ramparts in Punjab, India, has garnered the highest honour, ‘Award of Excellence,'” UNESCO Bangkok said in a statement. The project was lauded by the jury for ensuring the continuity of the site’s existing uses, while enhancing inclusivity and access to the broader community, it said.

An ‘Award of Merit’ was handed to five projects — Yan Nan Yuan, at Peking University in Beijing, China; Pan Family Residence in Suzhou, China; Church of Epiphany in Haryana, India; David Sassoon Library and Reading Room in Mumbai, India; and Bikaner House, in New Delhi.

The ‘Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts’ went to Erlitou Site Museum of the Xia Capital in Luoyang in China, UNESCO Bangkok said.The Karnikara Mandapam at Kunnamangalam Bhagawati Temple, in Kerala, Pipal Haveli, in Punjab, and Sikami Chhen, in Kathmandu, Nepal, were awarded with the ‘Special Recognition for Sustainable Development’ for their transformative heritage practices which contribute to larger principles of sustainable development, the statement said.

Every year, since 2000, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation programme has been recognising the efforts of private individuals and organisations in restoring, conserving, and transforming structures and buildings of heritage value in the region, the statement read.

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