HERITAGE RECORD · 949

My Son Sanctuary

圣子修道院

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Between the 4th and 13th centuries a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Viet Nam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temples located in a dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for most of its existence.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ391406 ↗

Area142 ha

Administrative areaQ25282

WikipediaMỹ Sơn ↗

Chinese Wikipedia美山聖地 ↗

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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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