Repainted in a different colour

Connected Sites: 6

Definition
Major monuments within the core zone of a WHS, that have been over the course of history repainted in a different colour.

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Connected Sites

  • Trinity Sergius Lavra
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.08
    100
    5
    Repainted in much more bright colours: Gate Church of St John the Baptist which is now technicolor
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    318
    12
    Mouse Tower in Bingen and the Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, both were recently painted in white with red elements
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
    Struve Geodetic Arc
    Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2005
    1.92
    212
    18
    Tartu Observatory in Estonia: from bright yellow to white
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    681
    20
    The Eiffel Tower has had many colours over the years, from red in 1889 to yellow to the current brownish.
    See www.leparisien.fr
  • Lumbini
    Lumbini
    Nepal
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.47
    61
    9
    the site with Buddhas remains and footprint was terra cotta in the past and is now white
  • Melaka and George Town
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    244
    8
    Melaka: Originally, the Stadhuys like the other Dutch administrative buildings in South East Asia was painted white. However, after Melaka was handed over to the British, it was re-painted terra cotta by the British in 1911.