Las Huaringas Lagoons

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Las Huaringas Lagoons is part of the Tentative list of Peru in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

Las Huaringas Lagoons is an associative cultural landscape made up of sacred lakes and mountains located in the Andean paramo in northern Peru, to which the local populations grant sacred properties and magical and curative virtues. It is a testimony to the cultural practices and beliefs of the inhabitants of Piura over the centuries, including physical and spiritual healings, acts of witchcraft and pilgrimages.

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Full Name
Las Huaringas Lagoons
Country
Peru
Added
2019
Type
Cultural
Categories
Cultural Landscape - Associative
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2019 Added to Tentative List

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