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Risco Caido

Cultural World Heritage property in Spain, inscribed in 2019 under criteria (iii), (v).

Risco Caido, Spain
Photo: Sino Yu · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Spain
Year of inscription
2019
Criteria
iiiv
Location
Gran Canaria
What it is
archaeological site, cultural landscape
Landform
Gran Canaria
Reference
WHC 1578 · Wikidata Q55495511

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain81 kmSan Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain · 1999CulturalTeide National Park, Spain100 kmTeide National ParkSpain · 2007NaturalGarajonay National Park, Spain155 kmGarajonay National ParkSpain · 1986NaturalLaurisilva of Madeira, Portugal541 kmLaurisilva of MadeiraPortugal · 1999NaturalMedina of Essaouira, Morocco687 kmMedina of EssaouiraMorocco · 2001CulturalMedina of Marrakesh, Morocco841 kmMedina of MarrakeshMorocco · 1985Cultural
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