🌿 Mount Fuji becomes World Heritage (2013)
Where: Mount Fuji
📅 On This Day: June 22
June 22, 2013: Mount Fuji becomes World Heritage. On this day in 2013, Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was listed as a cultural site, because for centuries it has inspired artists and poets. Fuji appears again and again in Hokusai's woodblock prints.
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🧠 Question of the day
What kind of World Heritage Site is Mount Fuji?
- A cultural site
- A space site
- An ocean site
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Answer: A cultural site
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What happened on June 22?
June 22, 2013: Mount Fuji becomes World Heritage. It happened in Mount Fuji.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji