Historic Centre of Camagüey

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The Historic Centre of Camagüey is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed colonial urban core in central Cuba, noted for its irregular maze-like street plan, historic churches, and well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city centre ⓘ
urban historic district ⓘ
architecturalStyle Eclectic architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
area 54.0 ha ⓘ
bufferZoneArea 276.0 ha ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
criteria (iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
foundedAsCity 1528 ⓘ
governingBody Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de Camagüey ⓘ
hasLandmark Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria ⓘ
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Merced ⓘ
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad ⓘ
Parque Ignacio Agramonte ⓘ
Plaza San Juan de Dios ⓘ
Plaza del Carmen ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
knownFor Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
earthenware jars (tinajones) ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ
large interior courtyards ⓘ
traditional domestic architecture ⓘ
well-preserved historic urban fabric ⓘ
languageOfPlaceName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Camagüey ⓘ
Camagüey Province ⓘ
central Cuba ⓘ
originalName Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe ⓘ
partOf City of Camagüey ⓘ
linked to: Camagüey
periodOfSignificance 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
protectionStatus national monument of Cuba ⓘ
religiousHeritage Catholic churches ⓘ
convents ⓘ
UNESCORegion Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
linked to: Latin America
UNESCOSession 32nd session ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1270 ⓘ
urbanPlanCharacteristic irregular urban blocks ⓘ
maze-like street layout ⓘ
numerous small squares and plazas ⓘ
organic growth pattern ⓘ
winding narrow streets ⓘ
urbanPlanType irregular street plan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camagüey → heritageDesignationAppliesTo → Historic Centre of Camagüey ⓘ
Camagüey Province → hasHeritageSite → Historic Centre of Camagüey ⓘ
Camagüey Province → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Centre of Camagüey) ⓘ
linked to: Historic Centre of Camagüey
Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe → hasModernEquivalent → Historic centre of Camagüey ⓘ
linked to: Historic Centre of Camagüey
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad → locatedIn → historic centre of Camagüey ⓘ
linked to: Historic Centre of Camagüey
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria → heritageSite → Old Town of Camagüey ⓘ
linked to: Historic Centre of Camagüey
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria → heritageSite → Historic Centre of Camagüey ⓘ
Parque Ignacio Agramonte → locatedInHistoricCenter → Historic centre of Camagüey ⓘ
linked to: Historic Centre of Camagüey
Parque Ignacio Agramonte → partOf → Historic centre of Camagüey ⓘ
linked to: Historic Centre of Camagüey