UNESCO adds Rio botanical garden to world heritage site

Lucrecia Franco

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Abotanicalgarden at the home of renowned landscape artist and amateur botanist,Roberto Burle Marx,was recently named a world heritage site byUNESCO, the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture.

The 40-hectare property earned the coveted status in July this year when the organization’s World Heritage committee met in the Chinese city of Fuzhou. It isthe23rdsuch site inBrazil.

CGTN’s Lucrecia Franco reports.

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