UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America
Explore 83 UNESCO World Heritage Sites across 12 countries in South America, with cultural, natural and mixed heritage.
- Sites
- 83
- Countries
- 12
- Cultural
- 56
- Natural
- 23
- Mixed
- 4
- Inscription years
- 1978–2026
Countries
Places in this collection
83 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas — Argentina · Cultural · 1999
- ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination — Argentina · Cultural · 2023
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks — Argentina · Natural · 2000
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba — Argentina · Cultural · 2000
- Los Alerces National Park — Argentina · Natural · 2017
- Los Glaciares National Park — Argentina · Natural · 1981
- Península Valdés — Argentina · Natural · 1999
- Quebrada de Humahuaca — Argentina · Cultural · 2003
- City of Potosí — Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Cultural · 1987
- Fuerte de Samaipata — Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Cultural · 1998
- Historic City of Sucre — Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Cultural · 1991
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos — Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Cultural · 1990
- Noel Kempff Mercado National Park — Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Natural · 2000
- Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture — Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Cultural · 2000
- Amazonia Theaters — Brazil · Cultural · 2026
- Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves — Brazil · Natural · 1999
- Brasília — Brazil · Cultural · 1987
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves — Brazil · Natural · 2001
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex — Brazil · Natural · 2000
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks — Brazil · Natural · 2001
- Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves — Brazil · Natural · 1999
- Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia — Brazil · Cultural · 1985
- Historic Centre of São Luís — Brazil · Cultural · 1997
- Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina — Brazil · Cultural · 1999
- Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás — Brazil · Cultural · 2001
- Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda — Brazil · Cultural · 1982
- Historic Town of Ouro Preto — Brazil · Cultural · 1980
- Iguaçu National Park — Brazil · Natural · 1986
- Iguaçu National Park — Brazil · Natural · 1984
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) — Brazil · Cultural · 1983
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park — Brazil · Natural · 2024
- Pampulha Modern Ensemble — Brazil · Cultural · 2016
- Pantanal Conservation Area — Brazil · Natural · 2000
- Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity — Brazil · Mixed · 2019
- Peruaçu River Canyon — Brazil · Natural · 2025
- Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea — Brazil · Cultural · 2012
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas — Brazil · Cultural · 1985
- São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão — Brazil · Cultural · 2010
- Serra da Capivara National Park — Brazil · Cultural · 1991
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx — Brazil · Cultural · 2021
- Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site — Brazil · Cultural · 2017
- Churches of Chiloé — Chile · Cultural · 2000
- Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso — Chile · Cultural · 2003
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works — Chile · Cultural · 2005
- Rapa Nui National Park — Chile · Cultural · 1995
- Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region — Chile · Cultural · 2021
- Sewell Mining Town — Chile · Cultural · 2006
- Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” — Colombia · Mixed · 2018
- Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia — Colombia · Cultural · 2011
- Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox — Colombia · Cultural · 1995
- Los Katíos National Park — Colombia · Natural · 1994
- Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary — Colombia · Natural · 2006
- National Archeological Park of Tierradentro — Colombia · Cultural · 1995
- Port, Fortresses and Monuments, Cartagena — Colombia · Cultural · 1984
- San Agustín Archaeological Park — Colombia · Cultural · 1995
- City of Quito — Ecuador · Cultural · 1978
- Galápagos Islands — Ecuador · Natural · 1978
- Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca — Ecuador · Cultural · 1999
- Sangay National Park — Ecuador · Natural · 1983
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement — India · Cultural · 2016
- Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue — Paraguay · Cultural · 1993
- Chan Chan Archaeological Zone — Peru · Cultural · 1986
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex — Peru · Cultural · 2021
- Chavin (Archaeological Site) — Peru · Cultural · 1985
- City of Cuzco — Peru · Cultural · 1983
- Historic Centre of Lima — Peru · Cultural · 1988
- Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa — Peru · Cultural · 2000
- Huascarán National Park — Peru · Natural · 1985
- Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa — Peru · Cultural · 1994
- Machu Picchu — Peru · Mixed · 1983
- Manú National Park — Peru · Natural · 1987
- Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System — Peru · Cultural · 2014
- Río Abiseo National Park — Peru · Mixed · 1990
- Sacred City of Caral-Supe — Peru · Cultural · 2009
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve — Suriname · Natural · 2000
- Historic Inner City of Paramaribo — Suriname · Cultural · 2002
- Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery — Suriname · Cultural · 2023
- Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape — Uruguay · Cultural · 2015
- Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento — Uruguay · Cultural · 1995
- The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida — Uruguay · Cultural · 2021
- Canaima National Park — Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Natural · 1994
- Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas — Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Cultural · 2000
- Coro and its Port — Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Cultural · 1993