HERITAGE RECORD · 976

Gyeongju Historic Areas

庆州历史区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Gyeongju Historic Areas contain a remarkable concentration of outstanding examples of Korean Buddhist art, in the form of sculptures, reliefs, pagodas, and the remains of temples and palaces from the flowering, in particular between the 7th and 10th centuries, of this form of unique artistic expression.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ495241 ↗

Area2880 ha

Administrative areaQ42097

WikipediaGyeongju Historic Areas ↗

Chinese Wikipedia庆州历史遗迹地区 ↗

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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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