{ "id": 2669, "date": "2022-06-08T18:00:00", "date_gmt": "2022-06-08T23:00:00", "guid": { "rendered": "https:\/?p=2669" }, "modified": "2022-06-07T21:53:11", "modified_gmt": "2022-06-08T02:53:11", "slug": "the-9-unesco-heritage-sites-of-ecuador", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/moccasin-crane-513113.hostingersite.com\/en\/the-9-unesco-heritage-sites-of-ecuador\/", "title": { "rendered": "The 9 UNESCO Heritage Sites of Ecuador" }, "content": { "rendered": "

Welcome to this post, in this article we bring you interesting information about the 9 UNESCO Heritage Sites of Ecuador, this beautiful country located in South America. The country of the Middle of the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below are the parameters, by which UNESCO<\/a> designates a place as a World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural Heritage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. The heritage must be a precedent of the creative capacity of the human being.<\/li>
  2. Show the human and cultural values of a certain period of history, whether in terms of architecture, monuments, urban or landscape.<\/li>
  3. Give testimony of a cultural tradition of some civilization existing or already disappeared.<\/li>
  4. Exemplify a type of architecture or construction typical of a historical stage of humanity.<\/li>
  5. Be an example of the habitat or settlement of humans and represent a past culture.<\/li>
  6. That it is associated with some living tradition, that it represents some belief or that it is a work with a unique universal meaning.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The following aspects could also be considered important: authenticity and uniformity in terms of design, materials or workmanship and, in the same way, the state of conservation will be taken into account in comparison with similar patrimonies alluding to time and place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Natural Heritage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    1. That it be a representative example of some period in history and include records of the development process that occurred, as well as the natural elements that make it up.<\/li>
    2. Natural phenomena that are extraordinary and of singular natural beauty.<\/li>
    3. The natural habitats necessary for its conservation, thus protecting its biological diversity and, especially, the species in danger of extinction.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      In the same way, important and to be considered will be the state of the site, the conservation plans and the integrity of the natural heritage aspiring to Heritage.
      Taking these aspects into account, we are going to take a look at the 9 world heritage sites that Ecuador has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      9 world heritage sites that Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Let’s take a look at Ecuador’s 9 Heritages \u2013 cultural, natural, intangible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The 9 UNESCO Heritage Sites of Ecuador<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      1. San Francisco de Quito city (1978)<\/li>
      2. Historical Center of Santa Ana de los cuatro rios de Cuenca (1999)<\/li>
      3. Qhapac \u00d1an \u2013 Andean Road System (2014)<\/li>
      4. Galapagos Islands (1978 \/ 2001)<\/li>
      5. Sangay National Park (1983)<\/li>
      6. Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Z\u00e1para people (2008)<\/li>
      7. Traditional elaboration of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat (2012)<\/li>
      8. Marimba music and traditional songs and dances from the Colombian region of the South Pacific and the Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas (2015)<\/li>
      9. Ecuadorian Pasillo (2021)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. San Francisco de Quito (1978)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Founded in 16th century on the ruins of an ancient Inca settlement and located at 2,850 meters above sea level (around 10.000 ft). The capital of Ecuador has the best preserved and least altered historic center in all of Latin America, despite the earthquake that shook it in 1917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The monasteries of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, as well as the church of La Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Jes\u00fas, are an example of the art of the baroque school of Quito. They are sumptuously ornate inside, where aesthetic influences merge; Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Flemish and indigenous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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