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Troy

Cultural World Heritage property in Türkiye, inscribed in 1998 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Troy, Türkiye
Photo: CherryX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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of Carpathian region in Poland and UkraineWürzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence SquareXanthos-LetoonZagoriŽatec and the Landscape of Saaz HopsZollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex39.958° N, 26.239° E
State Party
Türkiye
Year of inscription
1998
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
158 ha
Location
Çanakkale Province
What it is
polis, city-state
Founded or built
3000 BC
Landform
Marmara Region
Reference
WHC 849 · Wikidata Q22647

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