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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Rio de Janeiro

3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Rio de Janeiro.

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UNESCO sites in Rio de Janeiro

  • Valongo Wharf Archaeological SiteCultural · 2017 · 1 km

    Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site is located in central Rio de Janeiro and encompasses the entirety of Jornal do Comércio Square. It is in the former harbour area of Rio de Janeiro in which the old stone wharf was built …

  • Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the SeaCultural · 2012 · 6 km

    The site consists of an exceptional urban setting encompassing the key natural elements that have shaped and inspired the development of the city: from the highest points of the Tijuca National Park’s mountains dow…

  • Sítio Roberto Burle MarxCultural · 2021 · 39 km

    Situated in the western region of Rio de Janeiro, the property embodies a successful project developed over more than 40 years by landscape architect and artist Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), a “landscape laboratory” to…

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