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CulturalRef. 1760
Rock Mosques and Associated Sacred Sites of Mangystau
Cultural World Heritage property in Kazakhstan, inscribed in 2026 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).
- State Party
- Kazakhstan
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Year of inscription
- 2026
- Type
- Cultural
- What it is
- group of structures or buildings
- Component parts
- 5 (serial property)
- Reference
- WHC 1760 · Wikidata Q140697538
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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Data: Wikidata (CC0) · danger list as published in 2026 · independent atlas, not affiliated with UNESCO or Petit Futé.