Longmen Grottoes
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Megrim1888
N 34° 33.161 E 112° 28.212
49S E 634889 N 3824420
The Longmen Grottoes, located near Luoyang, Henan Province, are a treasure house of ancient Buddhist cave art.
Waymark Code: WMDK3H
Location: China
Date Posted: 01/23/2012
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The caves are located in the south of Luoyang City and are between Mount Xiang and Mount Longmen and face Yi River. Longmen Grottoes are, beside Yungang Caves and Mogao Caves, one of the three most famous treasure houses of stone inscriptions in China.
The workings were started around the year 493 when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) moved the capital to Luoyang and were continuously built during the 400 years until the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
Type: Site
Reference number: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1003/
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