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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Gao

1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Gao.

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UNESCO sites in Gao

  • Tomb of AskiaCultural · 2004 · 2 km

    The dramatic 17-m pyramidal structure of the Tomb of Askia was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao. It bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that flourished in the 1…

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