Chile

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 2003 - 2007

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Juan Fernández Archipielago National Park (1994)
• Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks, Region of Magallanes (1994)
• Churches of the Altiplano (1998)
• Archaeological sites of the Chinchorro culture (1998)
• Baquedano Street (1998)
• San Pedro de Atacama (1998)
• Ayquina and Toconce (1998)
• Cerro el Plomo high shrine (1998)
• La Moneda Palace (1998)
• San Francisco Church and Convent (1998)
• Houses of the hacienda San José del Carmen el Huique (1998)
• Malleco Viaduct (1998)
• Locomotive depot of the Temuco Railroad Station (1998)
• The Defensive Complex of Valdivia (1998)
• Rupestrian art of the Patagonia (1998)
• Fell and Pali Aike Caves (1998)
• Qhapaq Ñan - Main Andean Road (2004)
• Monte Verde Archaeological Site (2004)

Activities

• Main Andean Road - Qhapaq Ñan

News

• UNESCO and Chile Launch Ecotourism Training Project on Easter Island May 29, 2009
• Director-General offers UNESCO’s assistance to repair fire damage at World Heritage City of Valparaiso Feb 9, 2007

Events

• Exhibition “A plastic view of the Chinchorro Culture’s Mummies 7000 years back” by the artist Paula Rivera del Sol Nov 8, 2005 - Nov 18, 2005

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Ms María Pilar Armanet
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile to France, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Chile to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/chile/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Comisión Nacional Chilena de Cooperación con la UNESCO
  Web Site: www.comisionunesco.cl
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)