South Mumbai's Art Deco and Victorian now have a UNESCO World Heritage tag

Mumbai | Saturday | 30th June, 2018

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The Art Deco and Victorian buildings are India’s 37th heritage site, Maharashtra’s fifth, and Mumbai’s third. more-inThe Elephanta Caves and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) now have companions on the UNSECO World Heritage Site List. Being the financial capital of our country, it would [now] have the unique distinction of being both a financial capital and a world heritage site”. As of June 30, Mumbai’s Victoria Gothic and Art Deco ensemble was given the greenlight by ICOMOS (International Council for Monuments & Sites), an advisory body to UNESCO. This file photo taken on November 8, 2017 shows vehicles passing by an Art Deco building on Marine Drive in Mumbai..