Mayor prefers gold to place on UN World Heritage List
By Isabelle Wesselingh | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2010-08-28 07:01
Mining project in Romanian town attracts widespread criticism
ROSIA MONTANA, Romania - It's a rare day when a mayor balks at proposals that his town be entered on the World Heritage List next to such illustrious sites as the Taj Mahal.
But Mayor Eugen Furdui of Rosia Montana - a picturesque Carpathian mountain town with rich gold deposits and ancient galleries that tell the story of mining back to Roman times - is adamant.
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