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Cyrene

Cultural World Heritage property in Libya, inscribed in 1982 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Cyrene, Libya
Photo: Giovanni Boccardi · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Libya
Year of inscription
1982
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
132 ha
Location
Libya, Jabal al Akhdar
What it is
Greek colony, archaeological site
Founded or built
630 BC
Mountain range
Jebel Akhdar
Next to
Mediterranean Sea
Reference
WHC 190 · Wikidata Q44112

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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