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The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape

Cultural World Heritage property in Vietnam, inscribed in 2025 under criteria (iii), (vi).

The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape, Vietnam
Photo: Thang Nguyen from Nottingham, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Vietnam
Year of inscription
2025
Criteria
iiivi
Area of property
5,257 km²
What it is
group of structures or buildings
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1732 · Wikidata Q16481408

Why it is on the List

(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.
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