HERITAGE RECORD · 1084

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

伦敦基尤皇家植物园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries. Since their creation in 1759, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity and economic botany.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ188617 ↗

Area272.32 ha

Administrative areaQ32515

WikipediaKew Gardens ↗

Chinese Wikipedia邱园 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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