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Western Xia Mausoleums

Cultural World Heritage property in China, inscribed in 2025 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Western Xia Mausoleums, China
Photo: BabelStone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
China
Year of inscription
2025
Criteria
iiiii
Area of property
3,899 ha
Location
Yinchuan
What it is
necropolis, archaeological site
Founded or built
1100
Reference
WHC 1736 · Wikidata Q1069411

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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