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Pyu Ancient Cities

Cultural World Heritage property in Myanmar, inscribed in 2014 under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).

Pyu Ancient Cities, Myanmar
Photo: Tetsuya Kitahata · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Myanmar
Year of inscription
2014
Criteria
iiiiiiv
Area of property
5,809 ha
What it is
protected area, archaeological site
Component parts
3 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1444 · Wikidata Q17277938

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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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Bagan, Myanmar175 kmBaganMyanmar · 2019CulturalCultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er, China434 kmCultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’erChina · 2013CulturalMaidam, India506 kmMaidamIndia · 2024CulturalKaziranga National Park, India529 kmKaziranga National ParkIndia · 1985NaturalMosque City of Bagerhat, Bangladesh623 kmMosque City of BagerhatBangladesh · 1985CulturalSundarbans Reserved Forest, Bangladesh650 kmSundarbans Reserved ForestBangladesh · 1997Natural
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