HERITAGE RECORD · 190

Archaeological Site of Cyrene

昔兰尼考古遗址

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

A colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. It was Romanized and remained a great capital until the earthquake of 365. A thousand years of history is written into its ruins, which have been famous since the 18th century.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ44112 ↗

Inception0630

Area131.675 ha

Administrative areaQ1016 · Q32841

WikipediaCyrene, Libya ↗

Chinese Wikipedia昔兰尼 ↗

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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.

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