HERITAGE RECORD · 757

Sceilg Mhichíl

斯凯利格•迈克尔岛

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Sceilg Mhichíl is an outstanding, and in many respects unique, example of an early religious settlement deliberately sited on a pyramidal rock in the ocean, preserved because of a remarkable environment. It illustrates, as no other property can, the extremes of a Christian monasticism characterizing much of North Africa, the Near East, and Europe.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ207193 ↗

Area0.219 ha

Administrative areaQ184469

Named afterQ45581 · Q2739123

WikipediaSkellig Michael ↗

Chinese Wikipedia斯凯利格·迈克尔岛 ↗

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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.

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

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