Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Surrounded by grassland , meadows and pastures , the town has preserved many of its elegant historic buildings until today and is recognized as one of the architecturally most intact gold towns in Victoria .
Simplified: Surrounded by grassland , fields and pastures , the town has kept many of its fine historic buildings until today and is one of the architecturally most intact gold towns in Victoria .