The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.[1] El Salvador accepted the convention on October 8, 1991, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, El Salvador has only one World Heritage Site, Joya de Cerén, which was inscribed in 1993. [2]
Location of sites edit
List of sites edit
Name | Image | Location | Criteria | Year | Description |
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Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site | La Libertad Department | Cultural (iii) (iv) | 1993 | Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.[3] |
Tentative List edit
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year of submission | Description |
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Gulf of Fonseca | La Unión Department | Mixed | 1992 | [4] | ||
Cara Sucia / El Imposible | Ahuachapán Department | Mixed | 1992 | [5] | ||
Chalchuapa | Santa Ana Department | Cultural (ii) (iii) | 1992 | [6] | ||
Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda | Cuscatlán Department | Cultural | 1992 | [7] | ||
Lake Güija | Santa Ana Department | Mixed | 1992 | [8] | ||
Cacaopera | Morazán Department | Cultural (iii) (iv) | 1992 | [9] |
References edit
- ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.
- ^ "Gulf of Fonseca". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Cara Sucia / El Imposible". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Chalchuapa". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Lake Güija". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Cacaopera". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.