World Heritage in Chile

The world heritage in Chile (as of 2018) includes six UNESCO world heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. Chile ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1980, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1995. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2006, and one site is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chile 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
	Rapa Nui National Park ( location )	1995	K	715	The Rapa Nui National Park is located on Easter Island ( rapanui Rapa Nui ) and comprises parts of the isolated island in the Southeast Pacific. This is best known for the monumental stone sculptures, the moai .
	Chiloé wooden churches	2000	K	971	includes 16 of the approximately 70 wooden churches on the island of Chiloé and neighboring islands
	Historic quarter of the port city of Valparaíso ( location )	2003	K	959	Historic center of Valparaíso
	The Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in the Atacama Desert ( location )	2005	K	1178	These are two former Chiles nitrate mining plants located in the municipality of Pozo Almonte in the Tarapacá region . From 2005 to 2019 the works were on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .
	Sewell copper mining town	2006	K	1214
	Qhapaq Ñan, Andean road system ( location )	2014	K	1459	The main Andean road, Qhapaq Ñan, was part of the Inca road system in South America. It was the main connection in the north-south direction and extended over 6,000 kilometers. (cross-border with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, includes 34 individual sites in Chile)

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . As of 2018, 17 sites are entered in the tentative list of Chile, the last entry was made in 2004. 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

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Juan Fernández Archipelago National Park ( location )	1994	N	84	National Park on the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific
	Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks	1994	N	85	includes the Torres del Paine National Park ( Lage ) and the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park ( Lage ) in the Región de Magallanes
	Churches of the Altiplano	1998	K	1187	Group of more than 50 churches in the Altiplano plateau
	Archaeological sites of the Chinchorro culture	1998	K	1188	Find places of mummies of the Chinchorro culture
(more pictures)	Paseo Baquedano ( location )	1998	K	1189	Street in the city of Iquique
(more pictures)	San Pedro de Atacama ( location )	1998	K	1191	Oasis on the northern edge of the Salar de Atacama in the Atacama Desert
	Ayquina and Toconce	1998	K	1192	includes the traditional villages of Ayquina and Toconce
	High shrine of Cerro El Plomo	1998	K	1194	Inca places of worship near the summit of Cerro El Plomo
	La Moneda Palace	1998	K	1195	Presidential Palace of Chile in Santiago de Chile , formerly a mint
	San Francisco Church and Convent	1998	K	1196
	Hacienda San José del Carmen el Huique	1998	K	1198
	Malleco Viaduct	1998	K	1199	The Malleco Viaduct is a railway bridge over the valley of the Malleco , a tributary of the Río Bío Bío , in the Región de la Araucanía . It is the tallest railway bridge still in operation in Chile.
	Temuco train station locomotive depot	1998	K	1200	in Temuco
Torreón El Canelo (further pictures)	Valdivia Defense Complex	1998	K	1202	in Valdivia
	Rock art from Patagonia	1998	K	1203	Rock art near Lake General Carrera in Patagonia in the so-called "Patagonian style",
Pali Aike cave	Fell and Pali Aike caves	1998	K	1204	includes Fell's Cave and the Pali Aike Cave in the Pali Aike National Park , two archaeological sites from the Paleo-Indian period.
	Archaeological site of Monte Verde	2004	K	1873	Monte Verde is an archaeological site that is one of the oldest traces of human settlement in America.

Web links

Commons : UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chile  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Chile on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chile. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 7, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Chile. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 7, 2017 . 

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