Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape
A World Heritage Site in Spain, inscribed in 2019 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2019
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(v)
- Property area
- approx. 9,425 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 28.0444, -15.6612
- UNESCO ID
- 1578
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
- Paysage culturel de Risco Caido et montagnes sacrées de Grande Canarie
- Spanish
- Paisaje cultural del Risco Caído y montañas sagradas de Gran Canaria
- Chinese
- 大加那利岛文化景观：里斯科卡伊多考古和圣山
Other World Heritage Sites in Spain
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1984)
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007)
- Antequera Dolmens Site (2016)
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001)
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (1993)
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco (2000)
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (2000)
- Burgos Cathedral (1984)
- Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (2018)
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (2000)
- Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987)
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (1985)
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