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Properties
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States Parties with properties out of 195
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Delisted
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Cultural
Natural
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1980 Historic Town of Ouro Preto BR C LAC 168 124
1982 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda BR C LAC 191 189
1983 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) * AR C LAC 265 275
1983 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) * BR C LAC 265 275
1984 Iguazu National Park AR N LAC 55,000 303
1985 Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia BR C LAC 200 309
1985 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas BR C LAC 2 334
1986 Historic Centre of Évora PT C EUR 0 361
1986 Iguaçu National Park BR N LAC 169,696 355
1987 Brasilia BR C LAC 11,269 445
1987 Manú National Park PE N LAC 1,716,295 402
1991 Serra da Capivara National Park BR C LAC 130,600 606
1993 Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue PY C LAC 28 648
1994 Canaima National Park VE N LAC 3,000,000 701
1997 Historic Centre of São Luís BR C LAC 67 821
1999 Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves BR N LAC 468,193 893
1999 Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves BR N LAC 111,930 892
1999 Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina BR C LAC 29 890
2000 Central Amazon Conservation Complex 1 BR N LAC 5,232,018 998
2000 Pantanal Conservation Area BR N LAC 187,818 999
2001 Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves BR N LAC 43,270 1000
2001 Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks BR N LAC 381,430 1035
2001 Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás BR C LAC 40 993
2009 Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande CV C AFR 209 1310
2010 São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão BR C LAC 3 1272
2012 Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea BR C LAC 7,249 1100
2016 Pampulha Modern Ensemble BR C LAC 154 1493
2017 Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site BR C LAC 0 1548
2019 Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity BR M LAC 173,164 1308
2021 Sítio Roberto Burle Marx BR C LAC 41 1620
2023 Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli LB C ARB 72 1702
Notes
  1. Extension of "Jaú National Park".

*: transboundary property

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Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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