30 Examples of Cultural Heritage

The concept of cultural heritage It is not static and invariable but it changes for each society.

Cultural heritage includes all cultural expressions of a society, both past and current, which are transmitted from generation to generation. For example:legends, folk music, indigenous pottery.

The Unesco is the United Nations Educational Organization, the Science and Culture. This institution seeks to identify cultural property that are relevant to each people and thus preserve them.

When Unesco Choose an object or activity as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is because it meets any of the following criteria:

In addition to cultural heritage, Unesco identifies and preserves the natural heritage, according to other criteria.

However, what we call cultural heritage exceeds those specific examples selected as World Heritage Sites.

Unesco determines that cultural heritage can be material (books, paintings, monuments, etc.) or immaterial (songs, uses and customs, rituals, etc.).

Elements of cultural heritage

Examples of cultural heritage

1. Legends. The legends of each area are part of their oral tradition.
2. Mount Rushmore. Monument to four presidents of the United States carved on the rock.
3. Eiffel Tower. Monument of Paris. Built in 1889 by Gustave Eiffel.
4. Himejji Castle. Building declared cultural heritage of humanity. Japan.
5. Mate. In Latin American countries such as Argentina and Uruguay, mate is part of their social uses.
6. Quito's Historic center. Architectural complex declared cultural heritage of humanity. Ecuador.
7. The Gaucho Martín Fierro. Book written by José Hernández in 1872. Argentine cultural heritage.
8. Aachen Cathedral. Building declared cultural heritage of humanity. Germany.
9. Sistine Chapel Vault. Painting made by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. It is currently part of the world cultural heritage.
10. Lullabies. They are part of the oral tradition.
11. Pyramids of Giza. Funerary monuments declared cultural heritage of humanity. Egypt.
12. Opera. Opera is part of the world cultural heritage as it is a performing art form that has spread throughout the world.
13. Historic center of Oaxaca de Juárez. Architectural complex declared cultural heritage of humanity for its beauty and for being an example of Spanish colonial urbanism.
14. Well of Santa Rosa de Lima. Monument of Lima.
15. St. Basil's Cathedral. Building declared cultural heritage of humanity. Russia.
16. Folk music. Folk music represents not only previous generations but also new musicians who renew it with their compositions and performances.
17. Arch of Triumph. Monument of Paris.
18. Samaipata Fort. Archaeological site, declared a cultural heritage of humanity for being the greatest work of rock architecture in the world. Bolivia.
19. Painting of the old port. Monument of Lima that represents the old port of Callao.
20. Pantheon. Monument of Paris.
21. Copan. Archaeological site of the ancient Mayan civilization, in present-day Honduras, declared a cultural heritage of humanity.
22. Indigenous pottery. Not only is it preserved in museums but currently indigenous peoples and their descendants make pottery that comes from techniques taught by their ancestors.
23. Movie theater. The cinema of each nation is part of its cultural heritage, building its own identity.
24. Franciscan missions of Sierra Gorda de Querétaro. Five buildings built between 1750 and 1760, declared a cultural heritage of humanity for being a sample of architectural and stylistic unity of the popular Baroque of New Spain. Mexico.
25. Llullaillaco miniatures. Ritual objects preserved in the Alta Montaña Archeology Museum, Salta, Argentina.
26. Virgin of Cerro San Cristóbal. Monument in Santiago de Chile.
27. Obelisk. Monument in the city of Buenos Aires that commemorates the founding of the city. Built in 1936, the fourth centenary of the foundation.
28. Monument to Chacabuco. Monument in Santiago de Chile that commemorates the battle of 1817.
29. Historic city of Ouro Preto. Founded in 1711, the city was the first place in Brazil to be declared a cultural heritage of humanity.
30. Cuzco city. It was the capital of the Inca Empire. It is located on the Andes mountain range, in southeastern Peru, and was declared a cultural heritage of humanity.

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