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CulturalRef. 1676

Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites

Cultural World Heritage property in South Africa, inscribed in 2024 under criterion (vi).

Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites, South Africa
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Cape Floristic KingdomCradle of HumankindGreat ZimbabweHuman Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy SitesiSimangaliso Wetland ParkKhamiKhomani Cultural LandscapeMakhonjwa MountainsMaloti-Drakensberg ParkMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeMatobo HillsNamib Sand SeaOkavango DeltaRichtersveldRobben IslandThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South AfricaTwyfelfonteinVredefort crater32.787° S, 26.849° E
State Party
South Africa
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2024
Criteria
vi
What it is
group of structures or buildings, cultural heritage
Component parts
23 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1676 · Wikidata Q65936861

Why it is on the List

(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho442 kmMaloti-Drakensberg ParkLesotho · 2000Mixed457 kmMakhonjwa MountainsSouth Africa · 2018NaturalVredefort crater, South Africa647 kmVredefort craterSouth Africa · 2005NaturaliSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa759 kmiSimangaliso Wetland ParkSouth Africa · 1999NaturalCradle of Humankind, South Africa762 kmCradle of HumankindSouth Africa · 1999CulturalThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa, South Africa788 kmThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South AfricaSouth Africa · 2024Cultural
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