the sydney opera house became a world heritage site in 2017.
the sydney opera house became a world heritage site in 2017.
when did the sydney opera house became a world heritage site?
2017
on 28 june 2007, the sydney opera house became a unesco world heritage site, having been listed on the (now defunct) register of the national estate since 1980, the national trust of australia register since 1983, the city of sydney heritage inventory since 2000, the new south wales state heritage register since 2003, and the australian national heritage list since 2005. furthermore, the opera house was a finalist in the "new7wonders of the world" campaign list.









































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the tarpeian way is of state significance for its prominence as a quarried, weathered sandstone cliff face, with stone steps and iron railing, which defines the northern boundary of the royal botanic gardens and the southern boundary of the sydney opera house. the drama, scale and simplicity of the quarried sandstone face of thetarpeian wall plays a crucial role in supporting the entry point and setting of the sydney opera house, where it provides an enclosing "backstage wall" to the open forecourt space. it is considered a "crucial element in [the world heritage] buffer zone . . . including its steps and upper perimeter fence. although not legally on the sydney opera house site, it immediately borders and defines its southern edge and the open space of the forecourt. because of its scale, location and configuration, it plays a crucial role in the approach and entry experience, setting, and definition, of the sydney opera house site." a substantial rock cutting of the bennelong headland, undertaken in 1880 at a cost of , it enabled the extension of macquarie street. 'its vertical quarried sandstone face, with its steps and fence, is an historic artefact in its own right and retains the only visible evidence of activities on the sydney opera house site predating the opera house itself.' its traces of anti-vietnam war graffiti dating from the 1970s are of state significance as a remnant of an important australian social movement in a major public space. the tarpeian way is of local significance for its associations with politicians and bureaucrats who authorised and undertook the cutting in 1880 including sydney alderman c. moore, j. s. farnell, then minister for lands, e. bradridge, city surveyor and mr. moriarty, the engineer for harbours and rivers. the tarpeian way has an unusually dramatic, classical association through its name with the famous rock in rome from which prisoners were hurled to their deaths in ancient times. the tarpeian way is of state social significance for the high regard in which it is held as a dramatic backdrop to the forecourt space of the sydney opera house, and as an access point between the sydney opera house and the royal botanic gardens. it is often used by members of the public enjoying its marvellous views of the sydney opera house and harbour setting.
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