Yungang Grottoes
Also known as Yungang
CulturalChina
China
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2001
Area
349 ha
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Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Mount Wutai
ChinaCultural121 km away
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
ChinaCultural244 km away
The Great Wall
ChinaCultural254 km away
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
ChinaCultural268 km away
Central Axis of Beijing
ChinaCultural279 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
- Wikidata itemQ308805, open data (CC0)
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