Dengfeng Historic Monuments
Also known as Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2010
Area
825 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Dengfeng Historic Monuments is about 60 km south-east of Luoyang. The nearest other World Heritage site is Longmen Grottoes, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Luoyang · about 1,715,000 peopleabout 60 km north-west
- Zhengzhou · about 2,636,000 peopleabout 65 km north-east
- Pingdingshan · about 849,000 peopleabout 85 km south
- Xuchang · about 449,000 peopleabout 85 km south-east
- Jiaozuo · about 857,000 peopleabout 90 km north
- Jincheng · about 760,000 peopleabout 120 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural56 km away
ChinaCultural217 km away
ChinaCultural291 km away
ChinaCultural316 km away
ChinaCultural350 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
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