Tukuk-OS🌍 Americas World Heritage
249 sites · 35 countries · location & significance
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A profile for each of the 249 celebrated World Heritage sites in Americas — where the site sits, which country it belongs to, whether it is cultural or natural, and a plain-English introduction drawn from Wikipedia so the description stays sourced rather than invented. These 249 sites span 35 countries across the continent.
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
🏛️ CulturalCity of Cusco
🏛️ CulturalLines and Geoglyphs of Nazca
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Town of Ouro Preto
🏛️ CulturalIguazu National Park
🌿 NaturalLos Glaciares National Park
🌿 NaturalTeotihuacan
🏛️ CulturalChichen-Itza
🏛️ CulturalPre-Hispanic City of Palenque
🏛️ CulturalCalakmul
🏛️ CulturalAntigua Guatemala
🏛️ CulturalTikal National Park
🏔️ MixedColonial City of Santo Domingo
🏛️ CulturalOld Havana and its City Walls
🏛️ CulturalMorne Trois Pitons National Park
🌿 NaturalCahokia Mounds
🏛️ CulturalGrand Canyon National Park
🌿 NaturalYellowstone National Park
🌿 NaturalYosemite National Park
🌿 NaturalMesa Verde National Park
🏛️ CulturalIndependence Hall
🏛️ CulturalStatue of Liberty
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Areas of Old Quebec
🏛️ CulturalL'Anse aux Meadows
🏛️ CulturalWood Buffalo National Park
🌿 NaturalChrist the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
🏛️ CulturalBrasília
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Lima
🏛️ CulturalChan Chan
🏛️ CulturalSan Agustín Archaeological Park
🏛️ CulturalCity of Quito
🏛️ CulturalGalápagos Islands
🌿 NaturalTiwanaku
🏛️ CulturalCity of Potosí
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Quarter of Valparaíso
🏛️ CulturalChurches of Chiloé
🏛️ CulturalCanaima National Park
🌿 NaturalBelize Barrier Reef Reserve System
🌿 NaturalMaya Site of Copán
🏛️ CulturalEverglades National Park
🌿 NaturalChaco Culture
🏛️ CulturalPoverty Point
🏛️ CulturalPapahānaumokuākea
🏔️ MixedNahanni National Park
🌿 NaturalGros Morne National Park
🌿 NaturalCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks
🌿 NaturalJesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Salvador (Bahia)
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of São Luís
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of the Town of Diamantina
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Town of Goiás
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Town of Guanajuato
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Zacatecas
🏛️ CulturalEl Tajín
🏛️ CulturalMonte Albán
🏛️ CulturalPre-Hispanic City of Uxmal
🏛️ CulturalLuis Barragán House and Studio
🏛️ CulturalSan Antonio Missions
🏛️ CulturalTaos Pueblo
🏛️ CulturalOld Town Lunenburg
🏛️ CulturalDinosaur Provincial Park
🌿 NaturalHead-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Site of Panama Viejo
🏛️ CulturalPortobelo-San Lorenzo Fortifications
🏛️ CulturalCity of Sucre
🏛️ CulturalQuebrada de Humahuaca
🏛️ CulturalJesuit Missions of the Guaranis
🏛️ CulturalChavín
🏛️ CulturalHuascarán National Park
🌿 NaturalManú National Park
🌿 NaturalParaty and Ilha Grande
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of the Town of Olinda
🏛️ CulturalSanta Cruz de Mompox
🏛️ CulturalLos Katíos National Park
🌿 NaturalLos Alerces National Park
🌿 NaturalValdés Peninsula
🌿 NaturalPerito Moreno National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Centre of Tlacotalpan
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Morelia
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Puebla
🏛️ CulturalMonarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
🌿 NaturalSian Ka'an
🌿 NaturalTrinidad
🏛️ CulturalAlejandro de Humboldt National Park
🌿 NaturalDesembarco del Granma National Park
🌿 NaturalJoya de Cerén
🏛️ CulturalSanta Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca
🏛️ CulturalQhapaq Ñan
🏛️ CulturalSangay National Park
🌿 NaturalFallingwater
🏛️ CulturalCarlsbad Caverns National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Centre of Oaxaca
🏛️ CulturalEl Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve
🌿 NaturalArea de Conservación Guanacaste
🌿 NaturalCoiba National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Centre of Arequipa
🏛️ CulturalSacred City of Caral-Supe
🏛️ CulturalCitadelle Laferrière
🏛️ CulturalHawaii Volcanoes National Park
🌿 NaturalRedwood National Park
🌿 NaturalOlympic National Park
🌿 NaturalGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
🌿 NaturalMammoth Cave National Park
🌿 NaturalFray Bentos Industrial Zone
🏛️ CulturalCentral Suriname Nature Reserve
🌿 NaturalRío Abiseo National Park
🏔️ MixedHistoric Fortified Town of Campeche
🏛️ CulturalHumberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
🏛️ CulturalGlacier Bay National Park
🌿 NaturalKenai Fjords National Park
🌿 NaturalGulf of California
🌿 NaturalSewell Mining Town
🏛️ CulturalSerra da Capivara National Park
🏛️ CulturalJesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
🏛️ CulturalSajama National Park
🌿 NaturalCiudad Universitaria de Caracas
🏛️ CulturalMiguasha National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Town of San Miguel
🏛️ CulturalPitons Management Area
🌿 NaturalCathedral of the Assumption of León
🏛️ CulturalPimachiowin Aki
🏔️ MixedChiribiquete National Park
🏔️ MixedCarioca Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro
🏛️ CulturalCueva de las Manos, Alto Rio Pinturas
🏛️ CulturalRideau Canal
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Cienfuegos
🏛️ CulturalColonia del Sacramento
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Bridgetown and its Garrison
🏛️ CulturalThe Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
🏛️ CulturalQhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
🏛️ CulturalPenínsula Valdés
🌿 NaturalJesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
🏛️ CulturalESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination
🏛️ CulturalHistoric City of Sucre
🏛️ CulturalFuerte de Samaipata
🏛️ CulturalNoel Kempff Mercado National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Centre of Salvador de Bahia
🏛️ CulturalSanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
🏛️ CulturalIguaçu National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Centre of São Luís
🏛️ CulturalAtlantic Forest South-East Reserves
🌿 NaturalHistoric Centre of the Town of Goiás
🏛️ CulturalCentral Amazon Conservation Complex
🌿 NaturalPantanal Conservation Area
🌿 NaturalPampulha Modern Ensemble
🏛️ CulturalValongo Wharf Archaeological Site
🏛️ CulturalSítio Roberto Burle Marx
🏛️ CulturalPeruaçu River Canyon
🌿 NaturalAmazonia Theaters
🏛️ CulturalS<U>G</U>ang Gwaay
🏛️ CulturalJoggins Fossil Cliffs
🌿 NaturalLandscape of Grand Pré
🏛️ CulturalRed Bay Basque Whaling Station
🏛️ CulturalMistaken Point
🌿 NaturalWriting-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
🏛️ CulturalTr’ondëk-Klondike
🏛️ CulturalAnticosti
🌿 NaturalChurches of Chiloé
🏛️ CulturalSettlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region
🏛️ CulturalLos Katíos National Park
🌿 NaturalNational Archeological Park of Tierradentro
🏛️ CulturalMalpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
🌿 NaturalCoffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
🏛️ CulturalCocos Island National Park
🌿 NaturalArea de Conservación Guanacaste
🌿 NaturalOld Havana and its Fortification System
🏛️ CulturalTrinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
🏛️ CulturalViñales Valley
🏛️ CulturalUrban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Camagüey
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
🏛️ CulturalNational Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj
🏛️ CulturalBlue and John Crow Mountains
🏔️ MixedSian Ka'an
🌿 NaturalWhale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
🌿 NaturalHistoric Monuments Zone of Querétaro
🏛️ CulturalHospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
🏛️ CulturalCamino Real de Tierra Adentro
🏛️ CulturalAqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
🏛️ CulturalArchipiélago de Revillagigedo
🌿 NaturalRuins of León Viejo
🏛️ CulturalLeón Cathedral
🏛️ CulturalDarien National Park
🌿 NaturalJesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue
🏛️ CulturalCity of Cuzco
🏛️ CulturalRío Abiseo National Park
🏔️ MixedHistorical Centre of the City of Arequipa
🏛️ CulturalManú National Park
🌿 NaturalChankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Inner City of Paramaribo
🏛️ CulturalRedwood National and State Parks
🌿 NaturalCahokia Mounds State Historic Site
🏛️ CulturalHopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
🏛️ CulturalOkefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
🌿 NaturalFray Bentos Industrial Landscape
🏛️ CulturalCoro and its Port
🏛️ CulturalOther continents
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