Hollókő
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (v).
Region
Europe and North America
Hungary
Inscribed
1987
Area
518 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Hollókő is about 60 km west of Eger. The nearest other World Heritage site is Budapest and the Danube Banks, about 70 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Salgótarján · about 40,000 peopleabout 20 km north-east
- Vác · about 35,000 peopleabout 40 km south-west
- Eger · about 57,000 peopleabout 60 km east
- Budapest · about 1,679,000 peopleabout 65 km south-west
- Zvolen · about 45,000 peopleabout 75 km north-west
- Banská Bystrica · about 82,000 peopleabout 90 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
HungaryCultural69 km away
SlovakiaCultural73 km away
Hungary, SlovakiaNatural85 km away
SlovakiaCultural118 km away
HungaryCultural125 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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