Brazil UNESCO sites (and map)

Currently, Brazil has 25 UNESCO World Heritage Site, plus part of one transnational site. Of them, ten are nature reserves, while the rest are historical, ranging from pre-history to the colonial period, or architectural.

Use the map below to see where all the sites are – red spots are clickable to take you to the article. Or use the list below. You can also see the sites on Brazil’s tentative list below that.

Center-West

Brasilia

Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks

Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás

Pantanal Conservation Area

Peruaçu River Canyon

North

Central Amazon Conservation Complex

Amazonia Theaters

Northeast

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
A beautiful and constantly-shifting landscape of dunes and rainy-season ponds and lakes.

Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
A 16th-18th-century colonial capital where European, African and Indigenous cultural influences have blended and echo to the present day.

Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda

São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão

Historic Centre of São Luís

Serra da Capivara National Park

Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

South

Iguaçu National Park
Biodiverse subtropical rainforest with a spectacular waterfall system.

Southeast

Historic Town of Ouro Preto
City of Black Gold and treasury of baroque and Portuguese colonial architecture.

Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity
Colonial architecture, traditional communities, and large and richly diverse nature reserves.

Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
A vibrant city nestled between lush mountains and the sea.

Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas

Pampulha Modern Ensemble

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site

Multiple regions

Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves

Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves

Transnational

Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes

Text: UNESCO World Heritage sites in BRAZIL. Images: above, colorfully painted houses; below, a waterfall.

Brazil’s Tentative List

Natural

  • Abrolhos Marine National Park
  • Protected Areas of the Caatinga Dry Tropical Forest
  • Golden Lion Tamarin Protected Areas
  • Serra do Divisor National Park
  • Serra da Canastra National Park
  • Cavernas do Peruaçu Federal Environmental Protection Area (APA) / Veredas Do Peruaçu State Park
  • Parc national du Pico da Neblina (Amazonas)
  • Station écologique de Taim (Rio Grande do Sul)

Cultural

  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation: health, science and culture in Manguinhos
  • Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
  • Cedro Dam in the Quixadá Monoliths
  • Geoglyphs of Acre
  • Itacoatiaras of Ingá River
  • Cultural Landscape of Paranapiacaba: Village and railway systems in the Serra do Mar Mountain Range, São Paulo
  • Ver-o-Peso
  • Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro
  • Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministère de l’Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro

Mixed

  • Sociobiodiverse Cultural Basin of the Chapada do Araripe