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Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran

Cultural World Heritage property in Iran, inscribed in 2008 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran, Iran
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State Party
Iran
Year of inscription
2008
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
129 ha
What it is
group of structures or buildings
Founded or built
601
Component parts
3 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1262 · Wikidata Q841896

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Tabriz Bazaar, Iran123 kmTabriz BazaarIran · 2010Cultural143 kmMonastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat ValleyArmenia · 2000CulturalCathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots, Armenia166 kmCathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of ZvartnotsArmenia · 2000CulturalAni, Türkiye235 kmAniTürkiye · 2016CulturalMonasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin, Armenia244 kmMonasteries of Haghpat and SanahinArmenia · 1996CulturalSheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble, Iran258 kmSheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine EnsembleIran · 2010Cultural
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