Uganda tombs to be reconstructed
Uganda tombs to be reconstructed
An expert group has concluded that it is "feasible" to reconstruct the Tombs of Buganda Kings, Uganda's only World Heritage List site, lost to fire last month. The Ugandan government has secured UNESCO assistance for the works.
The UN's cultural agency UNESCO, which also administers the World Heritage List, today announced it would help Ugandan authorities to mobilise resources to restore the Tombs of Buganda Kings. The World Heritage List site was almost totally destructed in a fire on 16 March.
The Ugandan government shortly after the fire had requested a UNESCO mission of experts to evaluate whether the Buganda Tombs could be rebuilt. The expert group now has concluded that reconstruction "is feasible".
But destruction was almost complete. Only the walls and some of the frame of the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga, the building that housed the four royal tombs, still stand, and they have been seriously weakened, the experts found. Situated on the Kasubi Hill, five kilometres from the centre of Uganda's capital Kampala, the building was thatched with dry grass and wood which burned in the fire.
Source : Africagoodnews.com
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