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worldheritageX UNESCO World Heritage Sites
No. 0200Cultural · Inscribed 1982
0199No. 0200 / 1,2480201

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sacred City of Anuradhapura

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  • an important interchange of human values, in architecture, technology, town-planning or landscape design
  • a unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilization

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