HERITAGE RECORD · 357

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia

希拉波利斯和帕姆卡莱

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

In a spectacular landscape, entirely sculpted by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence of Byzantine art in the post-Iconoclastic period. Dwellings, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human habitat dating back to the 4th century – can also be seen there.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ64705367 ↗

Area9883.81 ha

Administrative areaQ430693 · Q483472

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Selection criteria

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

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

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

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

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