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CulturalRef. 1532

Sambor Prei Kuk

Cultural World Heritage property in Cambodia, inscribed in 2017 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Sambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Cambodia
Year of inscription
2017
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
840 ha
Location
Kampong Thom Province
What it is
archaeological site, human settlement
Reference
WHC 1532 · Wikidata Q1818746

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.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Koh Ker, Cambodia112 kmKoh KerCambodia · 2023CulturalAngkor, Cambodia143 kmAngkorCambodia · 1992CulturalCambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection, Cambodia147 kmCambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflectionCambodia · 2025CulturalPreah Vihear Temple, Cambodia174 kmPreah Vihear TempleCambodia · 2008CulturalChampasak cultural landscape, Laos234 kmChampasak cultural landscapeLaos · 2001CulturalDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Thailand362 kmDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest ComplexThailand · 2005Natural
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