World Heritage in Brazil

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Map of World Heritage in Brazil

Site	Inscribed	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Atlantic Forest South-East	1999	Natural	5	64	3.2
Brasilia	1987	Cultural	10	114	3.57
Brazilian Atlantic Islands	2001	Natural	4	29	3.51
Central Amazon Conservation Complex	2000	Natural	5	55	3.72
Cerrado Protected Areas	2001	Natural	5	34	3.54
Congonhas	1985	Cultural	7	71	2.95
Diamantina	1999	Cultural	5	55	3.05
Discovery Coast	1999	Natural	3	25	2.35
Goias	2001	Cultural	5	42	2.66
Iguacu	1986	Natural	10	336	4.45
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis	1983	Cultural	9	106	3.05
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park	2024	Natural	2	19	3.87
Olinda	1982	Cultural	4	75	3.33
Ouro Preto	1980	Cultural	6	107	3.67
Pampulha	2016	Cultural	4	68	2.69
Pantanal	2000	Natural	2	79	4.05
Paraty and Ilha Grande	2019	Mixed	5	107	3.44
Rio de Janeiro	2012	Cultural	6	352	3.74
Salvador de Bahia	1985	Cultural	4	134	3.56
São Francisco Square	2010	Cultural	3	34	1.97
São Luis	1997	Cultural	5	51	2.98
Serra da Capivara	1991	Cultural	6	14	3.54
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx	2021	Cultural	6	30	2.89
Valongo Wharf	2017	Cultural	5	78	1.16

Site	Added	Scheduled	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Amazonia Theaters	2015	2026	Cultural	2	23	100%
Anavilhanas Ecological Station	1998		Natural	0	4	50%
Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble	2015	2027	Cultural	5	40	71%
Canyon du Rio Peruaçu, Minas Gerais	1998		Natural	0	1	N/A
Cavernas do Peruaçu Federal Environmental Protection Area (APA) / Veredas Do Peruaçu State Park	1998	2025	Mixed	1	2	100%
Cedro Dam in the Quixadá Monoliths	2015		Cultural	0	0	N/A
Cultural Landscape of Paranapiacaba: Village and railway systems in the Serra do Mar Mountain Range, São Paulo	2014		Cultural	0	4	100%
Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro	1996		Cultural	2	38	77%
Geoglyphs of Acre	2015		Cultural	0	0	N/A
Itacoatiaras of Ingá River	2015		Cultural	0	0	N/A
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation: health, science and culture in Manguinhos	2024		Cultural	1	4	100%
Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministere de l'Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro	1996		Cultural	2	29	27%
Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina (Sao Paulo - Rio de Janeiro)	1996		Natural	0	13	71%
Parc National du Pico da Neblina (Amazonas)	1996		Natural	0	0	N/A
Reserve biologique de Atol das Rocas (Rio Grande do Norte)	1996		Natural	0	0	N/A
Serra da Canastra National Park	1998		Natural	0	2	N/A
Serra da Capivara National Park and Permanent Preservation Areas (EXT)	1998		Mixed	1	3	100%
Serra do Divisor National Park	1998		Natural	0	0	N/A
Sociobiodiverse Cultural Basin of the Chapada do Araripe	2024		Mixed	0	0	N/A
Station écologique de Taim (Rio Grande do Sul)	1996		Natural	0	2	100%
Station écologique du Raso da Catarina (Bahia)	1996		Natural	0	0	N/A
Ver-o-Peso	2014		Cultural	3	14	100%

Site	Added	Removed	Reviews
Alto Ribiera Valley Complex	1999	2005	0
Les Couvents Franciscains du Nord-Est Bresilien	1996	2011	0

Official Name

Brazil

Region

Latin America and the Caribbean

WHC location

WHC member

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx Carlo Sarion Philippines/New Zealand - 12-Nov-24 -
Paraty and Ilha Grande Frédéric M Canada - 16-Aug-24 -
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (T) Frédéric M Canada - 03-Aug-24 -
Central Amazon Conservation Complex Patrik Netherlands - 06-Jul-24
Central Amazon Conservation Complex Frédéric M Canada - 30-Jun-24 -
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis J_neveryes Canada - 10-Feb-24 -
Atlantic Forest South-East João Aender Brazil - 15-Oct-23 -
Cavernas do Peruaçu (T) Patrik Netherlands - 07-Mar-23 -
Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro (T) Carlo Sarion Philippines/New Zealand - 17-Feb-23
Brasilia Carlo Sarion Philippines/New Zealand - 16-Feb-23 -

The following 3 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country: