Chandigarh Capitol Complex

Chandigarh Capitol Complex
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	Palace of Assembly at the Capitol Complex
Official name	Complexe du Capitole
Location	Chandigarh, Chandigarh capital region, India
Part of	The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
Includes	Palace of Assembly, Secretariat Building, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Open Hand Monument
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi)
Reference	1321rev-014
Inscription	2016 (40th session)
Area	66 ha (0.25 sq mi)
Buffer zone	195 ha (0.75 sq mi)
Coordinates	30°45′26″N 76°48′24″E / 30.7573°N 76.8066°ECoordinates: 30°45′26″N 76°48′24″E / 30.7573°N 76.8066°E
	Location of Chandigarh Capitol Complex in India

Chandigarh Capitol Complex, located in the sector-1 of Chandigarh city in India, is a government compound designed by the architect Le Corbusier^[1] and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[2] It is spread over an area of around 100 acres and is a prime manifestation of Chandigarh's architecture. It comprises three buildings: the Palace of Assembly or Legislative Assembly, Secretariat Building and the High Court plus four monuments (Open Hand Monument, Geometric Hill, Tower of Shadows and the Martyrs Monument) and a lake.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 2016.

Punjab and Haryana High Court or palace of Justice
Secretariat Building
The Palace of Assembly
Entry gate to the Palace of Assembly
The Open Hand Monument
The Tower of Shadows. Le Corbusier constructed it in such a way that not a single ray of sun enters it from any angle. The north side of this tower remains open because the sun never shines from this direction. Le Corbusier used the same principle for other Capitol Complex buildings as well.
Geometric Hill
2nd International Yoga Day at Capitol Complex, 2016

References[edit]

↑ "Le Corbusier's Capitol Complex a mess, in dire need of facelift". indianexpress.com.
↑ "Chandigarh's Capitol Complex is now a UNESCO heritage site". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
↑ "Chandigarh's Capitol Complex is now a UNESCO heritage site: All you need to know". hindustantimes.com. 18 July 2016.
↑ "Capitol Complex, as Le Corbusier wanted it, remains incomplete - Indian Express". indianexpress.com.
↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/the-most-planned-city/
↑ "UNESCO approves all 3 Indian nominations for heritage tag". intoday.in.
↑ "Four sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List". whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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[1] "Le Corbusier's Capitol Complex a mess, in dire need of facelift". indianexpress.com.

[2] "Chandigarh's Capitol Complex is now a UNESCO heritage site". Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[3] "Chandigarh's Capitol Complex is now a UNESCO heritage site: All you need to know". hindustantimes.com. 18 July 2016.

[4] "Capitol Complex, as Le Corbusier wanted it, remains incomplete - Indian Express". indianexpress.com.

[5] ttps://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/the-most-planned-city/

[UNESCO1-6] "UNESCO approves all 3 Indian nominations for heritage tag". intoday.in.

[7] "Four sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List". whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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v t e Le Corbusier
Private houses	Villa Fallet Villa Jeanneret-Perret Villa Savoye Villa La Roche Villa Schwob Villa Le Lac Planeix House Villa Cook Maison Guiette/Les Peupliers Villa Stein Curutchet House Maisons Jaoul Villa Sarabhai Villa Shodhan
Other buildings	Tsentrosoyuz building Notre Dame du Haut National Museum of Western Art Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Pavillon Le Corbusier Open Hand Monument Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau Pavillon Suisse Immeuble Clarté Immeuble Molitor Cabanon de vacances Mill Owners' Association Building United Nations Secretariat Building Sanskar Kendra Museum Museum and Art Gallery Secretariat Building Palace of Assembly Baghdad Gymnasium Maison du Brésil Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy Firminy-Vert Stadium Complexe du Capitole Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette Maison de la Culture de Firminy Usine Claude et Duval
Unbuilt	Governor's Palace Palace of the Soviets Plan Voisin Ville Contemporaine Villa Meyer Ville Radieuse
Housing systems	Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung Dom-Ino House Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture Cité Frugès de Pessac Cité du Refuge Unité d'habitation Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé Unité d'Habitation of Berlin Unité d'Habitation of Briey Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert
Furniture	Chaise Longue LC4 Grand Confort Le Corbusier's Furniture
Paintings and poems	Poem of the Right Angle (1947-1953)
Books	Toward an Architecture (1923)
Related	Fondation Le Corbusier Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne List of Le Corbusier buildings The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Modulor Palace of Ministry of National Education and Public Health Philips Pavilion Purism United Nations headquarters
People	Amédée Ozenfant Pierre Jeanneret Auguste Perret Adolf Loos Charlotte Perriand
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v t e World Heritage Sites in India
North	Agra Fort The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Complexe du Capitole Fatehpur Sikri Great Himalayan National Park Humayun's Tomb Keoladeo National Park Kalka–Shimla railway Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks Qutub Minar and its Monuments Red Fort Complex Taj Mahal
East	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Mahabodhi Temple Complex Nalanda Sun Temple at Konark Sundarbans National Park
Northeast	Kaziranga National Park Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Khangchendzonga National Park
South	Great Living Chola Temples Group of Monuments at Hampi Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Nilgiri Mountain Railway Western Ghats
Central	Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Khajuraho Group of Monuments Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
West	Historic City of Ahmadabad Ajanta Caves Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Churches and convents of Goa Elephanta Caves Ellora Caves Hill Forts of Rajasthan Chittor Fort Kumbhalgarh Ranthambore Fort Gagron Fort Amer Fort Jaisalmer Fort Jaipur Jantar Mantar of Jaipur Rani ki vav Western Ghats Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai

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