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CulturalRef. 1442

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor

Cultural World Heritage property in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, inscribed in 2014 under criteria (ii), (iii), (v), (vi).

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor, China
Photo: 张骐 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Year of inscription
2014
Criteria
iiiiivvi
Area of property
42,668 ha
Location
Fujian, Gansu
What it is
transboundary site
Component parts
34 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1442 · Wikidata Q17277933

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.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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