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CulturalRef. 1328

Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

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

Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, Vietnam
Photo: Grenouille vert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Vietnam
Year of inscription
2010
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
18 ha
Location
Hanoi
What it is
citadel, geographical feature
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1328 · Wikidata Q206219

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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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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