Great Zimbabwe National Monument

World Heritage

Zimbabwe

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The ruins of Great Zimbabwe - according to ancient legend, the capital of the Queen of Sheba - are unique testimony to the Shona Bantu civilization from the 11th to the 15th century. The city covers an area of nearly 80 hectares and was an important trading centre, renowned since the Middle Ages.

View west from the Eastern Enclosure of the Hill Complex, showing the granite boulder that resembles...

The Conical Tower

Copy of Zimbabwe Bird soapstone sculpture

Exterior wall of the Great Enclosure. Picture taken by David Randall-MacIver in 1906

Aerial view of Great Enclosure and Valley Complex, looking west

Overview of Great Zimbabwe. The large walled construction is the Great Enclosure. Some remains of th...

Great Zimbabwe appears on Abraham Ortelius' 1570 map Africae Tabula Nova, rendered 'Simbaoe'

Tower in the Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

Detail of the wall with lichen, 1975

The Valley Complex

The conical tower inside the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe

Aerial view looking southeast, Hill Complex in foreground

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Information extracted from Wikidata

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Great-Zimbabwe-6.jpg
instance of	ruins
executive body	Great Zimbabwe
location of creation	Great Zimbabwe
IPA transcription	2878951
ELSTAT geographical code	great-zimbabwe
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0184_j
Commons category	Great Zimbabwe
coordinate location	Point(30.933 -20.27)
Commons gallery	Great Zimbabwe
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Great%20Zimbabwe%20Wikivoyage%20Banner.jpg
official name	Great Zimbabwe National Monument
area	722
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
Atlas Obscura identifier	great-zimbabwe

described by source	Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
statement is subject of	1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Zimbabwe
start time	1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	نصب زيمبابوي الكبرى الوطني
official name	Great Zimbabwe National Monument
official name	Monumento nacional del Gran Zimbabwe
official name	Monument national du Grand Zimbabwe
official name	大ジンバブエ国立記念物
official name	Nationaal monument Groot Zimbabwe
official name	Национальный памятник Великий Зимбабве
official name	大津巴布韦国家纪念地
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)