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Takalik Abaj

Cultural World Heritage property in Guatemala, inscribed in 2023 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Takalik Abaj, Guatemala
Photo: Gobierno de Guatemala · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Guatemala
Year of inscription
2023
Criteria
iiiii
Area of property
15 ha
Location
El Asintal
What it is
archaeological site, national park of Guatemala
Reference
WHC 1663 · Wikidata Q1509537

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.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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