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Somapura Mahavihara

Cultural World Heritage property in Bangladesh, inscribed in 1985 under criteria (i), (ii), (vi).

Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh
Photo: Abdulmominbd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Bangladesh
Year of inscription
1985
Criteria
iiivi
Location
Badalgachhi Upazila
What it is
ruins, vihāra
Reference
WHC 322 · Wikidata Q305044

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Santiniketan, India199 kmSantiniketanIndia · 2023CulturalManas National Park, India271 kmManas National ParkIndia · 1985NaturalMosque City of Bagerhat, Bangladesh275 kmMosque City of BagerhatBangladesh · 1985CulturalKhangchendzonga National Park, India299 kmKhangchendzonga National ParkIndia · 2016MixedSundarbans Reserved Forest, Bangladesh338 kmSundarbans Reserved ForestBangladesh · 1997NaturalNalanda Mahavihara, India356 kmNalanda MahaviharaIndia · 2016Cultural
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