# UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1996: Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

> UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 1996. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for Ouadane, the nearest town, founded in the 11th and 12th…

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# Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 1996. _UNESCO World Heritage List_.

World Heritage listing of four caravan towns founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the trans-Saharan routes and developed between the 12th and 16th centuries; inscribed in 1996 under criteria (iii), (iv) and (v).

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## What it's used for here

Cited for Ouadane, the nearest town, founded in the 11th and 12th centuries for the Saharan caravans and inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

MYS

[Ouadane](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/places/PLC0DCKQ4YMAFSC/ouadane)

PLC

## Cite it

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UNESCO World Heritage Centre (1996). Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata. UNESCO World Heritage List. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/750/
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[Read it free at whc.unesco.org](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/750/)

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