World Heritage Identification Number: 1438
World Heritage since: 2014
Category: Mixed Cultural Heritage and Natural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇻🇳 Viet Nam
Continent: Asia
UNESCO World Region: Asia and the Pacific
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Exploring the Trang An Landscape Complex: A Journey Through Time and Nature
The Trang An Landscape Complex, located near the southern margin of the Red River Delta in Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam, offers a unique blend of natural beauty and rich cultural heritage that makes it a must-visit destination. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014, this breathtaking landscape is a testament to the region's long history and the resilience of its inhabitants.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
Situated near the southern margin of the Red River Delta, the Trang An Landscape Complex is a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys, many of them partly submerged and surrounded by steep, almost vertical cliffs. Exploration of caves at different altitudes has revealed archaeological traces of human activity over a continuous period of more than 30,000 years. They illustrate the occupation of these mountains by seasonal hunter-gatherers and how they adapted to major climatic and environmental changes, especially the repeated inundation of the landscape by the sea after the last ice age. The story of human occupation continues through the Neolithic and Bronze Ages to the historical era. Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Viet Nam, was strategically established here in the 10th and 11th centuries AD. The property also contains temples, pagodas, paddy-fields and small villages.
Encyclopedia Record: Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex
Tràng An is a scenic area near Hoa Lư, Vietnam renowned for its boat cave tours. On 23 June 2014, at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Additional Site Details
Area: 6,226 hectares
(vii) — Contains superlative natural phenomena or beauty
(viii) — Outstanding example representing major earth stages
Coordinates: 20.2566666667 , 105.8963888889
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