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Kaiping Diaolou and Villages

Cultural World Heritage property in China, inscribed in 2007 under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).

Kaiping Diaolou and Villages, China
Photo: Stefan Fussan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
China
Year of inscription
2007
Criteria
iiiiiiv
Area of property
372 ha
Location
Kaiping
What it is
group of structures or buildings, UNESCO building site in China
Component parts
4 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1112 · Wikidata Q16303641

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.(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.
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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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