Культурный ландшафт Сукур /Sukur Cultural Landscape/
Nigeria
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Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State
10º44’ N, 13º34’ E
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Эта область включает в себя дворец правителя, расположенный на холме над деревнями, террасными полями и святилищами, оставшимися на месте процветавшего здесь прежде железоделательного производства. Замечательно сохранившееся физическое выражение общества и его духовной и материальной культуры.
Inscribed :1999
Criteria:C (iii) (v) (vi)
Justification for Inscription:
Criterion (iii):Sukur is an exceptional landscape which graphically illustrates a form of land-use that marks a critical stage in human settlement and its relationship with its environment.
Criterion (v): The cultural landscape of Sukur has survived unchanged for many centuries, and continues to do so at a period when this form of traditional human settlement is under threat in many parts of The world.
Criterion (vi): The cultural landscape of Sukur is eloquent testimony to a strong and
Brief description:
The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with The Palace of The Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating The villages below, The terraced fields and Their sacred symbols, and The extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its spiritual and material culture.
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