Asante Traditional Buildings

World Heritage

Ghana

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Located northeast of Kumasi, these structures are the last remnants of the great Ashanti civilization, which reached its peak in the 18th century. Because the houses are built of mud, wood and straw, they are vulnerable to the erosion of time and weather.

# 18th century

# Kumasi

# Ashanti Civilization

# soil

# wood

# straw

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The Ashanti Empire and Gold Coast on a map from 1896

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Information extracted from Wikidata

instance of	Province of Forlì-Cesena
located in the administrative territorial entity	Kumasi
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/07s8pmh
coordinate location	Point(-1.62583 6.40111)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (v)

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gold%20Coast%20Map%201896.jpg
media legend	The Ashanti Empire and Gold Coast on map from 1896.
start time	1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	المباني التقليدية الخاصة بشعب أسانتي
official name	Asante Traditional Buildings
official name	Edificios ashanti tradicionales
official name	Bâtiments traditionnels ashanti
official name	アシャンティの伝統的建築物群
official name	Traditionele gebouwen van het Ashanti rijk
official name	Традиционные постройки народа ашанти
official name	阿散蒂传统建筑
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (v)