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The condition of the built and natural environment at Mehtab Bagh today does not help conjure a picture of what the original garden must have looked like. A breach in the southern side wall due to floods and high water levels in the river during the past few years have caused severe damage to historic fabric of the garden.

The ancient city of Qalhât lies between the reddish Hajjar mountain range and the Gulf of Oman, near the modern city of Sur. Dominated by the famous mausoleum of Bibi Maryam, the only standing remain of the city's richness, the archaeological site looks like a huge stone field. But after looking carefully one can see aligned coral stonewalls, and even streets and squares.

An official gazette notification in September 1998 by the Government of Sindh's Department of Culture declared "Shikarpoor Historic Town" a protected heritage site under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Preservation Act of 1994. This included legal protection for houses built up to 1950 and their wood and iron works.

The Church and Monastery of St Catherine of Sienna stand in about a third of a block in downtown Buenos Aires. It was the first monastery for cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires city, built in 1745 for the St Catherine's nuns of the Dominican Order.