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Submitted by durhamnature on Thursday, 24 January 2013  Page Views: 6677

Multi-periodSite Name: Yungang Grottoes
Country: China
NOTE: This site is 11.296 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Datong
Latitude: 40.109722N  Longitude: 113.158400E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Von Chinas Gotter" via archive.org Site in China (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock-cut Buddhist temples in China, one of the top three Buddhist sculpture sites in China. There are 252 caves, with 51,000 statues and carvings of Buddha.

They were mainly created in the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Von Chinas Gotter" via archive.org Site in China (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes submitted by durhamnature

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