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Below is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in upper North America. Greenland has been included here as part of North America despite its cultural and political associations with Europe. The separate List of World Heritage Sites in Central America covers the continental areas further south. Mexico leads North America hosting 35 ...
Site; as per officially inscribed name [1] Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee [2] Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
Lima was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 as La Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). Until the middle of the 18th century, it was the most important city in Spanish South America . The architecture and decoration combine the style of both the local population and Europe, such as in the Monastery of San Francisco , which was the site's ...
Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada: Zacatecas: 2001 i, iv (cultural) Chicomostoc-La Quemada is an archaeological site, comprising the remains of a city that was built c. 400-900 CE. It has a large ballcourt, several terraces, an observatory, and a pyramid. [49] Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste: Jalisco: 2001 iii, iv, v, ix, x (mixed)
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]
The rice terraces of the Cordilleras are one of the few monuments in the Philippines that show no evidence of having been influenced by colonial cultures. Owing to the difficult terrain, the Cordillera tribes are among the few peoples of the Philippines who have successfully resisted any foreign domination and have preserved their authentic tribal culture.
UNESCO region [4] Afghanistan: 2 2 Asia and the Pacific Albania: 2 1 [note 1] 1 [note 2] 4 2 Europe and North America Algeria: 6 1 7 Arab States Andorra: 1 1 Europe and North America Angola: 1 1 Africa Antigua and Barbuda: 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean Argentina: 7 [note 3] [note 4] [note 5] 5 12 3 Latin America & the Caribbean Armenia: 3 3 ...
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, British, French, Belgium, German, Swiss, Scandinavian, Italian, Spanish, and Jewish communities, mainly recent immigrants to Argentina, founded their rowing clubs and erected buildings in an eclectic mixture of styles to support tourism. The building of La Marina Rowing Club is pictured. [25]