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Hattusha: the Hittite Capital

Cultural World Heritage property in Türkiye, inscribed in 1986 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).

Hattusha: the Hittite Capital, Türkiye
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Türkiye
Year of inscription
1986
Criteria
iiiiiiiv
Area of property
268 ha
Location
Boğazkale
What it is
group of structures or buildings
Component parts
5 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 377 · Wikidata Q64699502

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.(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.
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