Macau landmarks added to Unesco World Heritage list in 2005 – from SCMP archive

Source: China – South China Morning PostThis article was first published on July 16, 2005.
By Freda Wan
Her­it­age list­ing hailed as key to widen­ing Macau’s appeal
Macau’s aim to pos­i­tion itself as something more than a gambling hub received a boost on Tuesday night (July 15, 2005) when many of its land­marks were added to Unesco’s World Herit­age list.
The 29 sites, which played a key role in the earli­est encoun­ters between east and west, now rank along­side such famed sites as China’s Great Wall and the Angkor temples in…Read More