UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)

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UNESCO cultural criteria (iii) is one of the World Heritage cultural selection standards, focusing on sites that bear a unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization, living or past.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage cultural selection criterion
administeredBy UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
appliesTo World Heritage properties
both large and small-scale heritage properties
living civilizations
living cultural traditions
past civilizations
past cultural traditions
tangible cultural heritage
associatedWith World Heritage Convention
category heritage evaluation criterion
criterionNumber iii
definedIn Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
emphasizes exceptional testimony of a civilization
representative testimony of a cultural tradition
evaluationSupportedBy ICOMOS
focusesOn exceptional testimony to a civilization
exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition
unique testimony to a civilization
unique testimony to a cultural tradition
goal preservation of cultural heritage
safeguarding cultural diversity
hasAbbreviation criterion (iii)
language English official formulation
mayBeDemonstratedBy archaeological sites
cultural landscapes
historic towns
religious monuments
partOf UNESCO World Heritage criteria
UNESCO cultural criteria
relatedTo UNESCO cultural criteria (i)
UNESCO cultural criteria (ii)
UNESCO cultural criteria (iv)
UNESCO cultural criteria (v)
UNESCO cultural criteria (vi)
requires adequate protection and management systems
comparative analysis with similar properties
demonstrated authenticity
outstanding universal value
scope global
selectionStandardFor inscription on the World Heritage List
type cultural criterion
usedBy UNESCO World Heritage Committee
usedFor evaluation of cultural heritage sites
usedIn World Heritage List inscription process

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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
UNESCO cultural criterion (ii) relatedTo UNESCO cultural criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Church of San Francisco Castro heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Dongling heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Donggureung heritageCriteria UNESCO criteria (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Bete Maryam heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Bete Merkorios heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Church of Bete Giyorgis heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Theatre of Cyrene heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criterion iii
subject linked to: theatre of Cyrene
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
UNESCO cultural criterion (vi) distinguishedFrom UNESCO cultural criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
Centcelles monument heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iii)
linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
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linked to: UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)