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Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”

Cultural World Heritage property in China, inscribed in 2010 under criteria (iii), (vi).

Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”, China
Photo: User:Yaoleilei · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
China
Year of inscription
2010
Criteria
iiivi
Area of property
825 ha
Location
Henan
What it is
heritage site, group of structures or buildings
Component parts
7 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1305 · Wikidata Q5934942

Why it is on the List

(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.

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