<P> The 3,200 - year - old Statue of Ramesses II in Cairo was moved on 25 August 2006 from Ramses Square to a new museum site . The statue was slowly being damaged by pollution and was in an area where it was difficult for people to visit . The move of the statue, which measures 11 metres (36 feet) high and weighs around 83 tonnes (91 short tons) was broadcast live on Egyptian television . Transported whole on the back of two trucks, the statue had previously been cut into eight pieces when it was moved from its excavation site in the mid-1950s . </P> <P> In June 2008, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, the 1802 home of Alexander Hamilton in New York City, was relocated from a cramped lot on Convent Avenue to a more spacious setting facing West 141st Street in nearby St. Nicholas Park, where it is currently undergoing a complete restoration by John G. Waite Associates, Architects, PLLC (www.jgwaarchitects.com) restored . It is actually the second time the 298 - ton mansion has been moved . In 1889, it was relocated from its original site on West 143rd Street to a church's property two blocks away . </P> <P> The Nathaniel Lieb House (1969), by architect Robert Venturi, was moved by barge from Long Beach Island, New Jersey to Glen Cove, New York in 2009 . </P> <P> In April 2013, due to construction works on Fuzuli Street the House of famous Baku millionaire, Isa bey Hajinski, in Baku (Azerbaijan), which was built in 1908, was moved 10 m to protect it as historical and architectural monument . The weight of this building is 18,000 tonnes . It was the heaviest building in the world ever moved . </P>

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