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El Arco del Tiempo del Río La Venta: Chiapas: 2010 iii, vii, viii, x (mixed) La Venta River that crosses a karst landscape has created a large canyon with a depth of up to 500 m (1,600 ft) and the highest natural arch in the world, 158 m (518 ft) high. There are numerous caves in the area, some of which provide archaeological evidence of ...
Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) Memory of the World Programme (UNESCO) Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) – Food and Agriculture Organization; UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Europe. European Heritage Label (EHL) are European sites which are considered milestones in the creation of ...
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 ...
Logo of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.
UNESCO data Description Los Glaciares National Park: Santa Cruz: 1981 145; vii, viii (natural) The landforms of the national park demonstrate how continuous advancing and retreating of glaciation in the Quaternary is shaping the landscape. The largest ice cap in South America contains numerous large glaciers that feed into glacial lakes.
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita: 2017 [104] The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz: 2019 [105] Grand Festival of Tarija 2021 [106] Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí 2023 [107] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmijanje ...
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 ...
UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. [11] It pursues this objective through five major programme areas: education, natural sciences, social/human sciences, culture and communication ...