A far view of the Chandigarh Capitol (no, that is not a typo) Complex, located in the sector-1 of this city in northern India. The Capitol Complex is a government compound designed by the architect Le Corbusier and despite it's rather functional and industrial looking design is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Capotal Complex was added in UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 2016. (Chandigarh, north India, Nov. 2017)‹›
Secretariat Building

Le Corbusier

Exterior · Chandigarh, India · 1953

Photo: shankar s. from Poona (pune), India, India · 2017-11-01 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 6000×4000

A far view of the Chandigarh Capitol (no, that is not a typo) Complex, located in the sector-1 of this city in northern India. The Capitol Complex is a government compound designed by the architect Le Corbusier and despite it's rather functional and industrial looking design is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Capotal Complex was added in UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 2016. (Chandigarh, north India, Nov. 2017)

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