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Dazu Rock Carvings

Cultural World Heritage property in China, inscribed in 1999 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).

Dazu Rock Carvings, China
Photo: Gisling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
China
Year of inscription
1999
Criteria
iiiiii
Area of property
20 ha
What it is
archaeological site, Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction
Component parts
5 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 912 · Wikidata Q651278

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(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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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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