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Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region

Cultural World Heritage property in Iran, inscribed in 2018 under criteria (ii), (iii), (v).

Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region, Iran
Photo: Erik Albers · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Iran
Year of inscription
2018
Criteria
iiiiiv
Area of property
639 ha
What it is
group
Component parts
8 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1568 · Wikidata Q55379486

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.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
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