World Heritage in Venezuela

The world heritage in Venezuela (as of 2017) includes three UNESCO world heritage sites , including two world cultural heritage sites and one world natural heritage site. Venezuela acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1990, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1993. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2000, 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 Venezuela 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
	Old town and port of Coro ( location )	1993	K (R)	658
	Canaima National Park ( location )	1994	N	701
	University city of Caracas	2000	K	986

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

Currently (2016) three sites are entered in the tentative list of Venezuela, the last entry was made in 2003. 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
	Old town of La Guaira ( location )	1999	K	1306
	Hacienda Chuao	2002	K	1635
	Ciudad Bolívar in the Orinoco Valley ( location )	2003	K	1804

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These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO.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
	The basin of Lake Valencia	1993-1998	K / N		paleontological and archaeological files
	Parantepuy formation	1993-1998	K
	Cueva del Guacharo National Park	1993-1998	N
	Barinas Archaeological Park	1993-1998	K
	Guatopo National Park	1993-1998	N
	Médanos de Coro National Park ( location )	1993-1998	N		National park with 91,280 hectares of desert, coast and salt marsh
	Los Roques National Park ( location )	1993-1998	N
	Ruins of the city of Nueva Cádiz on Cubagua Island	1993-1998	K

Web links

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

• Venezuela on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Venezuela. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Tentative list of Venezuela. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 10, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Venezuela. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved July 10, 2017 (English). 

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