Historic City of Sucre

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The Historic City of Sucre is a well-preserved colonial-era city in Bolivia renowned for its whitewashed architecture, historic churches, and role as the country’s constitutional capital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Casa de la Libertad (site of independence proclamation) ⓘ
associatedWithEvent signing of the Bolivian Declaration of Independence ⓘ
capitalOf Bolivia (constitutional capital) ⓘ
climate mild subtropical highland climate ⓘ
colorCharacteristic whitewashed facades ⓘ
contains Casa de la Libertad ⓘ
La Recoleta Convent ⓘ
Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre ⓘ
Plaza 25 de Mayo ⓘ
San Francisco Church ⓘ
San Lázaro Church ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
followsUrbanPattern checkerboard plan ⓘ
foundedAs Spanish colonial city ⓘ
foundingCentury 16th century ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Sucre ⓘ
hasHeritageValue outstanding example of a Spanish colonial city in the Americas ⓘ
symbolic significance in the history of the independence of South American republics ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1991 ⓘ
knownFor historic churches ⓘ
role in Bolivian independence ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
whitewashed buildings ⓘ
languageRegion Spanish-speaking world ⓘ
legalProtectionStatus protected historic center ⓘ
locatedIn Sucre ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Chuquisaca Department ⓘ
linked to: Chuquisaca
officialName Historic City of Sucre ⓘ
originalName Charcas ⓘ
Chuquisaca ⓘ
La Plata ⓘ
partOf city of Sucre ⓘ
linked to: Sucre
periodOfSignificance 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria (iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOregion Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 566 ⓘ

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Plaza 25 de Mayo → hasRole → historic center of Sucre ⓘ
linked to: Historic City of Sucre
Plaza 25 de Mayo → heritageStatusAppliesToPart → historic center of Sucre ⓘ
linked to: Historic City of Sucre
Plaza 25 de Mayo → partOf → historic center of Sucre ⓘ
linked to: Historic City of Sucre
Historic City of Sucre → officialName → Historic City of Sucre ⓘ
Archbishop’s Palace of Sucre → locatedInHistoricCenter → Historic center of Sucre ⓘ
linked to: Historic City of Sucre