List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas

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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Contents

  1. Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
  2. Iguazú National Park, home of Iguazu Falls
  3. Ischigualasto Provincial Park and Talampaya National Park.
  4. Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba in Córdoba
  5. Los Glaciares National Park
  6. Península Valdés
  7. Quebrada de Humahuaca
  8. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María Mayor (plus São Miguel das Missões in Brazil)

  1. Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

  1. Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda

  1. City of Potosí
  2. Fuerte de Samaipata
  3. Historic City of Sucre
  4. Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  5. Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  6. Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture

  1. Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves
  2. Brasília
  3. Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
  4. Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
  5. Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
  6. Historic Centre of São Luís
  7. Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
  8. Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
  9. Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
  10. Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
  11. Historic Town of Ouro Preto
  12. Iguaçu National Park
  13. Jaú National Park
  14. Pantanal Conservation Area
  15. Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
  16. Serra da Capivara National Park
  17. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Rio Grande do Sul (plus other missions in Argentina)

  1. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  2. Dinosaur Provincial Park
  3. Gros Morne National Park
  4. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  5. Historic District of Quebec City
  6. Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek Park (partially in the USA)
  7. L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
  8. Miguasha National Park
  9. Nahanni National Park
  10. Old Town Lunenburg
  11. Gaang Gwaii (Anthony Island)
  12. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (USA) parks)
  13. Wood Buffalo National Park

  1. Churches of Chiloé
  2. Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island (Moais)
  3. Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
  4. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
  5. Sewell Mining Town

  1. Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
  2. Los Katios National Park
  3. Malpelo Island Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
  4. National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
  5. Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
  6. San Agustín Archaeological Park

  1. Area de Conservación Guanacaste
  2. Cocos Island National Park
  3. La Amistad International Park (shared with Panama)

  1. Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt
  2. Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba
  3. Desembarco del Granma National Park
  4. Old Havana and its Fortifications
  5. San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
  6. Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  7. Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
  8. Viñales Valley

  1. Morne Trois Pitons National Park

  1. Colonial City of Santo Domingo

  1. City of Quito
  2. Galápagos Islands
  3. Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
  4. Sangay National Park

  1. Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

  1. Antigua Guatemala
  2. Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
  3. Tikal National Park

  1. Ilulissat Icefjord

  1. National History Park
  2. Citadelle Laferrière,
  3. Sans-Souci Palace Ruins
  4. Ramiers

  1. Maya Site of Copán
  2. Río Platano Biosphere Reserve

  1. Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  2. Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
  3. Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
  4. Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
  5. Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  6. Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  7. Historic Centre of Morelia, Michoacán
  8. Historic Centre of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  9. Historic Centre of Puebla, Puebla
  10. Historic Centre of Zacatecas, Zacatecas
  11. Historic Fortified Town of Campeche, Campeche
  12. Historic Monuments Zone of Santiago de Querétaro
  13. Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
  14. Historic Town of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, and Adjacent Mines
  15. Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco
  16. Luis Barragán House and Studio
  17. Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín
  18. Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  19. Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá
  20. Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  21. Pre-Hispanic City of Uxmal
  22. Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
  23. Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo
  24. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
  25. Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
  26. Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California

  1. Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles

  1. Ruins of León Viejo

  1. Coiba
  2. Darién National Park
  3. La Amistad International Park (shared with Costa Rica)
  4. Fortifications on the Caribbean side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
  5. The Historic District of Panamá, with the Salón Bolivar

  1. Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue

  1. Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
  2. Chavin (Archaeological site)
  3. City of Cusco
  4. Historic centre of Lima
  5. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
  6. Historic centre of the City of Arequipa
  7. Huascaran National Park
  8. Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana
  9. Manu National Park
  10. Rio Abiseo National Park

  1. La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site

  1. Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

  1. Pitons Management Area

  1. Central Suriname Nature Reserve
  2. Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

  1. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
  2. Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  3. Chaco Culture
  4. Everglades National Park
  5. Grand Canyon National Park
  6. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  7. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  8. Independence Hall
  9. Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek Park (partially in Canada)
  10. Mammoth Cave
  11. Mesa Verde National Park
  12. Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
  13. Olympic National Park
  14. Redwood National Park
  15. Statue of Liberty
  16. Pueblo de Taos
  17. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (U.S.) parks)
  18. Yellowstone National Park
  19. Yosemite National Park

  1. Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento

  1. Canaima National Park
  2. Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva
  3. Coro and its Port


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