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Upper Svaneti

Cultural World Heritage property in Georgia, inscribed in 1996 under criteria (iv), (v).

Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Photo: Martijn Munneke from Netherlands · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Georgia
Year of inscription
1996
Criteria
ivv
Location
Mestia Municipality
What it is
region
Reference
WHC 709 · Wikidata Q47496765

Why it is on the List

(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Gelati Monastery, Georgia72 kmGelati MonasteryGeorgia · 2017CulturalColchic Rainforests and Wetlands, Georgia161 kmColchic Rainforests and WetlandsGeorgia · 2021NaturalHistorical Monuments of Mtskheta, Georgia184 kmHistorical Monuments of MtskhetaGeorgia · 1994CulturalMonasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin, Armenia246 kmMonasteries of Haghpat and SanahinArmenia · 1996Cultural271 kmWestern CaucasusRussia · 1999NaturalAni, Türkiye272 kmAniTürkiye · 2016Cultural
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