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CulturalRef. 1118

Osun-Osogbo Grove

Cultural World Heritage property in Nigeria, inscribed in 2005 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Osun-Osogbo Grove, Nigeria
Photo: Oloyedejuwonlo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Nigeria
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2005
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
75 ha
Location
Osogbo, Osun State
What it is
sacred grove, cultural heritage
Reference
WHC 1118 · Wikidata Q621498

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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