UNESCO World Heritage for Peru |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 12 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Peru to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Peru for descriptions. Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for Peru below.
1983 - Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu | Mixed site | ||
1983 - City of Cuzco | Cultural site | ||
1985 - Chavin (Archaeological Site) | Cultural site | ||
1985 - Huascarán National Park | Natural site | ||
1986 - Chan Chan Archaeological Zone | Cultural site | ||
1987 - Manú National Park | Natural site | ||
1988 - Historic Centre of Lima | Cultural site | ||
1990 - Río Abiseo National Park | Mixed site | ||
1994 - Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana | Cultural site | ||
2000 - Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa | Cultural site | ||
2009 - Sacred City of Caral-Supe | Cultural site | ||
2014 - Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural site |
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Recently UNESCO has begun to document the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes "traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts". The current listings for Peru are shown below - click on the links for more details.
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Programmes, projects and activities for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage considered to best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention
2009 - Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru |
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
2011 - Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people |