ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination
A World Heritage Site in Argentina, inscribed in 2023 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Inscribed
- 2023
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- —
- Property area
- approx. 0.9 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- -34.5366, -58.4653
- UNESCO ID
- 1681
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Musée et lieu de Mémoire de l’ESMA - Ancien centre clandestin de détention, de torture et d’extermination
- Spanish
- Museo y Sitio de la Memoria ESMA - Ex Centro Clandestino de Detención, Tortura y Exterminio
- Chinese
- 海军机械学院博物馆和纪念地-曾经的秘密拘留、折磨与处决地
Other World Heritage Sites in Argentina
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- Iguazu National Park (1984)
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (2000)
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (2000)
- 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) (1983)
- Los Alerces National Park (2017)
- Los Glaciares National Park (1981)
- Península Valdés (1999)
- Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (2014)
- Quebrada de Humahuaca (2003)
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)
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