HERITAGE RECORD · 027

Mesa Verde National Park

梅萨维德印第安遗址

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m. Some 4,400 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the Mesa top. There are also imposing cliff dwellings, built of stone and comprising more than 100 rooms.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ237128 ↗

Inception1906

Area212 ha

Administrative areaQ312497

WikipediaMesa Verde National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia弗德台地国家公园 ↗

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Selection criteria

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

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

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