Some people may wanderwonder why places like the Tower of london,London need preservation?preserving. The simple answer is that all structures need maintenencemaintenance, theyotherwise they may fall apart otherwise. Forces such as earthquakes, floods and windstorms threaten heritage properties, soas does war and poverty. People can'tcannot always afford to protect the historic buildings near themin their towns, which is why UnescoUNESCO helps. Imagine if the great places of the world-famous Cathedralscathedrals and Templestemples, Palacespalaces, Castlescastles, Cavescaves with prehistoric paintings, and statues carved into the sides of prehistoric paintings, and statues carved into the sides of mountains-wasmountains were all dstroyeddestroyed. They are important to everyone in the worldpeople worldwide, not just to the people whomthose who live near them.