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Detailed explanation-1: -2019 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation - Winners announced. PENANG, MALAYSIA, 14 October 2019 – The renewal of the historic Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts has received the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The restoration of the 100-year-old Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai has won the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, which was announced on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mumbai’s iconic 155-year-old Flora Fountain and two other heritage landmarks in the country’s financial capital are among the four sites that have been chosen from India for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation announced on Monday.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since 2000, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation programme has been recognizing the efforts of private individuals and organizations in restoring, conserving, and transforming structures and buildings of heritage value in the region.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bangkok, 1 September 2011 - Baojiatun Watermill in Guizhou Province, China and Sumda Chun Gonpa in Leh, India have been honoured with the Awards of Excellence in the 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The Award of Distinction went to the Altit Fort in Hunza, Pakistan.