Rio becomes world heritage site
Rio becomes world heritage site Updated: 08:48, Monday July 2, 2012 Rio de Janeiro's iconic landscape, marked by soaring granite facades that drop into the ocean and white-sand beaches that go on for miles, is now an official world heritage site.
WORLD culture body Unesco added 15 sites to its top heritage list this weekend, including an imperial palace in Vietnam, temples in China, an Australian penal colony and a historic bazaar in Iran.