World Heritage cultural landscape (Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region)

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World Heritage cultural landscape (Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region) is a UNESCO-listed group of villages, churches, and archaeological sites in Japan that preserves the history and traditions of clandestine Christian communities who survived centuries of persecution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
World Heritage cultural landscape
cultural property
associatedWithCommunity Hidden Christians
Kakure Kirishitan NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligion Christianity
componentSite Egami Church on Naru Island NERFINISHED
Kasuga Village and sacred places in Hirado NERFINISHED
Kurosaki Village in Sotome NERFINISHED
Nokubi Church on Nozaki Island NERFINISHED
Oura Cathedral NERFINISHED
Remains of Hara Castle NERFINISHED
Sakitsu Village in Amakusa NERFINISHED
Shitsu Village in Sotome NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Japan
governingBody Government of Japan NERFINISHED
hasPart archaeological sites
churches
villages
heritageCategory cultural
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalPeriod Edo period NERFINISHED
historicalTheme Christian persecution in Japan
clandestine religious practice
includesIntangibleHeritage oral traditions of Hidden Christians
religious rituals of Hidden Christians
inscribedBy UNESCO World Heritage Committee NERFINISHED
inscriptionYear 2018
languageOfLocalCommunities Japanese
locatedIn Japan
Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED
Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED
managedBy local governments of Kumamoto Prefecture
local governments of Nagasaki Prefecture
numberOfComponentSites 12
primaryTheme interaction between Christianity and Japanese culture
protectionStatus protected cultural landscape
protects history of clandestine Christian communities
traditions of Hidden Christians
relatedEvent Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion NERFINISHED
significance evidence of survival of Christian faith under persecution
testimony to cultural adaptation of Christianity in Japan
UNESCOCriteria (iii)
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UNESCORegion Asia and the Pacific NERFINISHED
UNESCOSiteId 1495

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Catholic community of Nagasaki hasHeritageStatus World Heritage cultural landscape (Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region)
Nagasaki Prefecture hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite World Heritage cultural landscape (Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region)
this entity surface form: Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region