Sukur Landscape World Heritage Site (recent images)

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The Sukur Cultural Landscape with its palace, terraced fields with ritual features and villages has survived unchanged for many centuries. It is located in the Northeastern part of Nigeria.

The designated area comprises:
- Hidi's Palace (ruined house complex of the chief)
- Paved walkways
- Domesticated landscape with extensive terraces (for agricultural use and spiritual significance)
- Domestic architecture in the villages (granite and dry-stone)
- Traditional cemeteries in the hills
- Wells
- Iron-smelting furnaces
- (Ceramic) shrines

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