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Behistun

Cultural World Heritage property in Iran, inscribed in 2006 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Behistun, Iran
Photo: Mahdimanavimvi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Iran
Year of inscription
2006
Criteria
iiiii
Area of property
187 ha
Location
Harsin County
What it is
archaeological site, cultural property
Reference
WHC 1222 · Wikidata Q6547997

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.
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