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Bahla Fort
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Key facts
- Location
- Bahla , Oman
- Criteria
- Cultural: (iv)
- Inscription
- 1987 (11th Session )
- Endangered
- 1988–2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fortress
- Country
- Oman
- Located in
- Bahla
- Official website
- whc.unesco.org/en/list/433
- Image
- Bahla Fort.jpg
- Significant event
- list of World Heritage in Danger
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- Commons category
- Bahla Fort
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- mountain range
- Al Akhdar Mountains
- different from
- Bahla
- native label
- قلعة بهلاء
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Encyclopedic overview
Bahla Fort (Arabic: قلعة بهلاء, romanized: Qalʿat Bahlāʿ) is one of four historic fortresses situated at the foot of the Jebel Akhdar highlands in Oman and was the country's first UNESCO-listed fort added in 1987.
In 1988, the Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn became the second Omani site to be declared World Heritage by UNESCO.
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