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Idanre Hill
The Idanre Hill, or Oke Idanre is located in Idanre town in Ondo State of southwestern Nigeria.[1]
The Idanre hill is well-known for its landscape.[2][3] Its wide variety on cultural sites as 'Owa's Palace', shrines, The Old Court, Belfry, Agbooogun footprint, thunder water (Omi Apaara) and burial grounds have since brought the location fame and the nation's nomination for the UNESCO World Heritage Site shortlist.[4][5] It resides 3000 ft (914.4meters) above sea level and houses a unique ecosystem upon which the cultural landscape has Integrated.[6] It also has diverse and variegated eco-systems of flora and fauna. Oke Idanre contains very important bio-physical and land form features whose interaction with the physical features created an enduring cultural landscape within the setting.[7]
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- ^ Adeyemi Adisa (29 November 2010). "Idanre hill-Oke Idanre". Come to Nigeria. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Idanre hills :Assemblage of Natural Architecture". People's Daily. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ Oke Idanre (Idanre Hill) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- ^ Anifowose, Adeleye Yekini Biodun; Kolawole, Folarin (11 March 2014). "Appraisal of the Geotourism Potentials of the Idanre Hills, Nigeria". Geoheritage. 6 (3): 193–203. doi:10.1007/s12371-014-0100-5. ISSN 1867-2477.
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