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Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Cultural World Heritage property in Japan, inscribed in 2000 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu, Japan
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State Party
Japan
Year of inscription
2000
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
55 ha
Location
Okinawa Prefecture
What it is
gusuku, group of structures or buildings
Component parts
9 (serial property)
Landform
Okinawa
Reference
WHC 972 · Wikidata Q1333330

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.

Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island, Japan285 kmAmami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote IslandJapan · 2021NaturalYakushima, Japan539 kmYakushimaJapan · 1993NaturalHidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region, Japan743 kmHidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki RegionJapan · 2018CulturalJeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, South Korea803 kmJeju Volcanic Island and Lava TubesSouth Korea · 2007NaturalGrand Canal, China858 kmGrand CanalChina · 2014Cultural864 kmWest Lake Cultural Landscape of HangzhouChina · 2011Cultural
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