World Heritage in Brazil
The World Heritage in Brazil (as of 2019) includes 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites , including 14 World Heritage Sites, 7 World Natural Heritage sites and one mixed site. Brazil acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1977, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1980. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2019.
World heritage sites
The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Brazil in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).
Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Historical city of Ouro Preto ( location ) |
1980 | K | 124 | ||
Historic Center of Olinda ( Location ) |
1982 | K | 189 | ||
Jesuit missions of the Guaraní | 1983 | K | 275 |
Jesuit Missions of the Guaraní is a transnational world heritage of Brazil and Argentina. These are settlements created by the Jesuits for the Guaraní people . The aim of these settlements was primarily the Christian missionary work of the Guarani.
The ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Brazil were listed as World Heritage in 1983. This World Heritage site was expanded to include the Argentine sites in 1984. |
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Historic center of Salvador de Bahia | 1985 | K | 309 | ||
Shrine of Bom Jesus do Congonhas ( location ) |
1985 | K | 334 | The Bom Jesus de Matosinhos sanctuary was built between 1758 and 1772 on Maranhão Hill, above the town of Congonhas in Minas Gerais. The entire building complex includes the church with a large flight of stairs , a hilly forecourt and seven cross-way chapels. The facade of the church is in the style of the Brazilian Baroque , the interior fittings in the style of the Rococo . Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as Aleijadinho , created the prophet sculptures on the outside staircase in the years 1800–1805 with his students. | |
Iguaçu National Park | 1986 | N | 355 | ||
Brasília | 1987 | K | 445 | ||
Serra da Capivara National Park | 1991 | K | 606 | Since 1998 the Serra da Capivara National Park and the areas of permanent protected areas have also been on the list of proposals under natural criteria (Ref. 1125 ). | |
Historic center of São Luís | 1997 | K | 821 | ||
Historic center of the city of Diamantina | 1999 | K | 890 | ||
Protected Areas of the Atlantic Forests on the Coast of Discovery | 1999 | N | 892 | The rainforest reserve of the Mata Atlântica on the Costa do Descobrimento , Portuguese Reservas de Mata Atlântica da Costa do Descobrimento , comprises eight different sized protected areas on 1120 km²: three national parks, two biological reserves and three private protected areas of the natural heritage, Portuguese Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural - RPPN . Six of them are in the state of Bahia and two in Espírito Santo. The rainforest reserve is characterized by a high level of biodiversity. | |
Southeast Atlantic Forest Reserves | 1999 | N | 893 | South-eastern part of the Mata Atlântica , includes 25 different protected areas | |
Central Amazon reserve | 2000 | N | 998 | In 2003 the Jaú National Park was added | |
Pantanal Protected Area | 2000 | N | 999 | The South American Pantanal (Portuguese for swamp) is one of the largest inland wetlands on earth. Countless animals and plants live in this region. | |
Historic center of the city of Goias Velho | 2001 | K | 993 | ||
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Rocas Atoll Reserves | 2001 | N | 1000 | The island reserve includes the Fernando de Noronha archipelago and the Rocas Atoll, about 150 km west of it | |
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks | 2001 | N | 1035 | includes the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park and the Emas National Park | |
São Francisco square in the city of São Cristóvão | 2010 | K | 1272 | ||
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca landscapes between mountains and sea | 2012 | K | 1100 | ||
Ensemble of modernity in Pampulha | 2016 | K | 1493 | Building ensemble in the architectural style of modernism in the Pampulha district
the Brazilian metropolis of Belo Horizonte . |
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Valongo-Kai archaeological site | 2017 | K | 1548 | In 1811 the construction of a stone quay began in the center of Rio de Janeiro , through which around 900,000 Africans came to South America in the following period. | |
Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodiversity ( location ) |
2019 | K / N | 1308 | The cultural landscape includes the old town of Paraty , one of the best preserved coastal cities in Brazil, and four nature reserves of the Atlantic rainforest . |
Tentative list
The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .
Current World Heritage candidates
As of 2019, 22 sites are entered in the tentative list of Brazil, the last entry was in 2017. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.
Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM
Former World Heritage candidates
These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.
Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Franciscan monasteries in the north-east of Brazil | 1996-2011 | K | 34 | included João Pessoa ( Paraíba , proposed as early as 1982), Olinda ( Pernambuco ), São Cristóvão (Sergipe) , Marechal Deodoro and Penedo ( Sergipe ), Salvador (Bahia) , São Francisco do Conde and Cairu ( Bahia )
Postponed in 2008, Olinda, São Cristóvão and Salvador (Bahia) are already part of the World Heritage |
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Alto-Ribiera Valley Protected Area | 1999-2005 | K |
Web links
- Brazil on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brazil. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 13, 2018 .
- ↑ German names according to the World Heritage List. German UNESCO Commission, accessed on January 20, 2018 .
- ^ Tentative list of Brazil. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 13, 2018 .
- ^ Former Tentative Sites of Brazil. In: World Heritage Site. Accessed March 13, 2018 .