The jury hailed it as a project that \u2018sets a standard\u2019 for the conservation of world heritage monuments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The museum is a part of the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai’s world heritage property. It was established as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India in 1922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNESCO Bangkok, in a statement, said the jury hailed it as a project that \u201csets a standard\u201d for the conservation of world heritage monuments. \u201cThe jury applauded the museum project for restoring \u2018a major civic institution in the historic city of Mumbai\u2019,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImpressive in its scale, the project addressed extensive deterioration through well-informed architectural and engineering solutions, overcoming major challenges during the pandemic,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirteen projects from six countries \u2013 Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal and Thailand \u2013 have been acknowledged for awards by the jury this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jury deliberations were carried out in November when members reviewed 50 entries from 11 countries from the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Domakonda Fort of Telangana and Byculla Station of Mumbai are among the winners in the \u2018Award of Merit\u2019 category, while the stepwells of Golconda in Hyderabad has won an award in the \u2018Award of Distinction\u2019 category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Topdara Stupa, Charikar, Afghanistan, and Nantian Buddhist Temple, Fujian, China, have also received the \u2018Award of Merit\u2019, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe awards give people a sense of pride and sense of ownership of their own heritage,\u201d Feng Jing, the Chief of the Culture Unit at UNESCO Bangkok, was quoted as saying in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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