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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country’s Landscape Garden Sitio Burl Marx has been given UNESCO World Heritage Site status?
A
Italy
B
Denmark
C
Germany
D
Brazil
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil has another site added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (SRBM) is the legacy of the Brazilian landscaper who created the concept of the modern tropical garden.

Detailed explanation-2: -Burle Marx carried out projects in other Brazilian cities as well as others abroad, including Miami and Buenos Aires, before dying in 1994. The Burle Marx Site is considered one of the artist’s most important works. It is the 23rd Brazilian location recognized on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.

Detailed explanation-3: -Situated in the western region of Rio de Janeiro, the property embodies a successful project developed over more than 40 years by landscape architect and artist Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), a “landscape laboratory” to create “living works of art” using native plants and drawing on Modernist ideas.

Detailed explanation-4: -The SitioBurle Marx site, a landscape garden in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most recent site listed was Dholavira, in 2021.

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