Longmen Grottoes
Also known as Long-men shih kʻu, Longmen Caves, Longmen National Park, Longmen Shiku, Lung-men Caves, Lung-men Grottoes, Lung-men shih kʻu, Lung-men Shiku, Parc national de Longmen
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2000
Area
331 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Longmen Grottoes is about 14 km south of Luoyang. The nearest other World Heritage site is Dengfeng Historic Monuments, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Luoyang · about 1,715,000 peopleabout 14 km north
- Jiaozuo · about 857,000 peopleabout 100 km north-east
- Jincheng · about 760,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Zhengzhou · about 2,636,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Pingdingshan · about 849,000 peopleabout 120 km south-east
- Xuchang · about 449,000 peopleabout 140 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural56 km away
ChinaCultural242 km away
ChinaCultural269 km away
ChinaCultural295 km away
ChinaCultural296 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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