UNESCO World Heritage for Philippines |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 6 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Philippines 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). Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for Philippines below.
1993 - Baroque Churches of the Philippines | Cultural site | ||
1993 - Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park | Natural site | ||
1995 - Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | Cultural site | ||
1999 - Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park | Natural site | ||
1999 - Historic Town of Vigan | Cultural site | ||
2014 - Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary | Natural 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 Philippines are shown below - click on the links for more details.
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
2008 - Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao | |
2008 - Hudhud chants of the Ifugao |