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When were the Yungang caves named a UNESCO World Heritage site?
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Timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple, 1056, Song dynasty; at Yingxian, Shanxi province, China.
The Yungang caves, a significant complex of Buddhist cave temples located near Datong in Shanxi province, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001.12