Chengde Mountain Resort
Also known as Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde, Bi shu shan zhuang, Bishushanzhuang, Chengde Mountain Resort, Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples, Imperial Summer Resort, Mountain Manor for Escaping the Summer Heat, Residence de montagne de Chengde
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1994
List reference
703
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Chengde Mountain Resort is in Chengde. The nearest other World Heritage site is The Great Wall, about 170 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Chengde · about 449,000 peopleabout 3 km south
- Lingyuan · about 806,000 peopleabout 130 km east
- Tangshan · about 1,879,000 peopleabout 150 km south
- Chifeng · about 1,277,000 peopleabout 170 km north-east
- Changping · about 615,000 peopleabout 170 km south-west
- Beijing · about 11,106,000 peopleabout 180 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural169 km away
ChinaCultural178 km away
ChinaCultural179 km away
ChinaCultural179 km away
ChinaCultural211 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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