HERITAGE RECORD · 744

San Agustín Archaeological Park

圣奥古斯丁考古公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America stands in a wild, spectacular landscape. Gods and mythical animals are skilfully represented in styles ranging from abstract to realist. These works of art display the creativity and imagination of a northern Andean culture that flourished from the 1st to the 8th century.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ2887224 ↗

Administrative areaQ234920 · Q1010129

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

Cultural archive

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Brief synthesis The San Agustín Archaeological Park is located in the Colombian Massif of the Colombian southwestern Andes, on terrains of the municipalities of San Agustín and Isnos, in the department of Huila.

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