Royal Exhibition Building
Also known as Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Palais royal des expositions et jardins Carlton
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (ii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
2004
Area
26 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Royal Exhibition Building is in Melbourne. The nearest other World Heritage site is Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, about 270 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Melbourne · about 4,170,000 peopleat the site
- Sunbury · about 30,000 peopleabout 35 km north-west
- Melton · about 32,000 peopleabout 35 km west
- Cranbourne · about 460,000 peopleabout 40 km south-east
- Geelong · about 161,000 peopleabout 65 km south-west
- Ballarat · about 85,000 peopleabout 100 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaCultural269 km away
AustraliaMixed495 km away
AustraliaMixed542 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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