Malawi

Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape

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Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape (MMCL) is a place of spiritual significance to the Mang’anja, Yao and Lhomwe people.

Mulanje Mountain is the highest in Malawi and among the largest inselbergs in the world. Its natural features, such as the mountain top, pools, caves and waterfalls, are considered to have spiritual powers. Shrines and sacrificial sites have been built for veneration and are still in use.

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Full Name
Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape (MMCL (ID: 1201)
Country
Malawi
Status
Inscribed 2025 Site history
History of Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape
2000: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
2014: Deferred
As "Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape"
2023: Incomplete - not examined
2025: Advisory Body overruled
ICOMOS wanted Refer because of lacking buffer zone and legal protection
2025: Inscribed
Meets criterion 3 and 6
WHS Type
Cultural
Criteria
  • iii
  • vi
Links
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News Article
  • April 11, 2013 travpr.com — Dossier for Mount Mulanje submitted to Unesco

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  • Community Category
  • Cultural Landscape: Associative
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Dossier for Mount Mulanje submitte…

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