UT can now use UNESCO logo at world heritage Capitol Complex

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Chandigarh, August 28

More than a month and a half after the Capitol Complex was declared a world heritage site by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the Chandigarh Administration can now officially use the logo of the international body. 

Sources said UNESCO had recently sent a communication to the Administration authorising it to use its official logo. The details about how the logo can be used are also mentioned in the communication. 

The Capitol Complex was awarded the world heritage tag by UNESCO during the 40th session of the World Heritage Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, in July 2016. 

The Capitol Complex includes the buildings of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Secretariat and the Legislative Assembly along with monuments the Open Hand, the Martyrs’ Memorial, the Geometric Hill and the Tower of Shadows. 

A UT official said the official logo with the detailed description by UNESCO would be installed at the entrance of the Capitol Complex near the tourist information centre. However, the exact location will be finalised soon after consultation with the Corbusier Foundation in Paris. 

Alongside the logo, detailed information about the complex will also be provided. 

Besides, the Administration can use the logo in its official correspondence regarding the Capitol Complex. 

It may be mentioned that the logo can be used only by countries for the places declared by UNESCO as world heritage sites. A world heritage site is a place such as a building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument or mountain that is listed by UNESCO as being of ‘special cultural or physical significance’.