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Article: UNESCO World Heritage Committee says Sagrada Familia not "in danger"
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 29, 2009
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UNESCO World Heritage Committee says Sagrada Familia not "in
danger"
MADRID, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The 33rd meeting of the World
Heritage Committee, which is currently meeting in Seville, Spain,
decided not to place the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona on its
Endangered list.
There had been speculation that the building, which was designed
by the architect Antoni Gaudi in the 19th century, was in danger of
suffering damage as a result of the building of tunnels for the high-
speed rail link between Barcelona and the French frontier.
However, ...