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Longmen Grottoes

Cultural World Heritage property in China, inscribed in 2000 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).

Longmen Grottoes, China
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State Party
China
Year of inscription
2000
Criteria
iiiiii
Area of property
331 ha
Location
Luolong District
What it is
grotto, Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction
Reference
WHC 1003 · Wikidata Q273834

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(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.
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