World Heritage in danger
Open on the mapBam and its Cultural Landscape: removed from the danger list
2013 · 29.12° N, 58.37° E
What the records say
- When
- 2013
- Kind
- World Heritage in danger
- Coordinates
- 29.12° N, 58.37° E
Arg-e Bam
Ancient fortress and largest adobe building in the world, Iran
The Arg-e Bam, located in the city of Bam, Kerman province of southeastern Iran, is the largest adobe building in the world. The entire building was a large fortress containing the citadel, but because the citadel dominates the ruins, the entire fortress is now named Bam Citadel.
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- UNESCO World Heritage List 2021UNESCO World Heritage CentreCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO
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