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Red Fort

Cultural World Heritage property in India, inscribed in 2007 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Red Fort, India
Photo: Alex Furr · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
India
Year of inscription
2007
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
49 ha
Location
Central Delhi district, Chandni Chowk tehsil
What it is
fort
Founded or built
1648
Reference
WHC 231 · Wikidata Q45957

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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