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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks

Cultural World Heritage property in United States, inscribed in 2023 under criteria (iii), (vi).

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, United States
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AnticostiCahokiaCarlsbad Caverns National ParkGrand-PréGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkHopewell Ceremonial EarthworksIndependence HallJoggins Fossil CliffsLiberty IslandMammoth Cave National ParkMiguasha National ParkMonticello and the University of Virginia in CharlottesvilleOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeOld QuebecOld Town LunenburgPimachiowin AkiPoverty PointRideau Canal World Heritage SiteSan Antonio MissionsSt George and Related FortificationsThe 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright40.054° N, 82.446° W
State Party
United States
Year of inscription
2023
Criteria
iiivi
Location
Ohio
What it is
group of structures or buildings
Component parts
5 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1689 · Wikidata Q10525989

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.

The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, United States254 kmThe 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd WrightUnited States · 2019CulturalMonticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, United States408 kmMonticello and the University of Virginia in CharlottesvilleUnited States · 1987CulturalMammoth Cave National Park, United States450 kmMammoth Cave National ParkUnited States · 1981NaturalGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, United States501 kmGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkUnited States · 1983NaturalIndependence Hall, United States621 kmIndependence HallUnited States · 1979CulturalCahokia, United States673 kmCahokiaUnited States · 1982Cultural
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