List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Honduras

List of World Heritage Sites in Honduras

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.^[1] Honduras accepted the convention on June 8, 1979, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Honduras has two World Heritage Site ^[2]

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Name	Image	Location	Criteria	Year	Description
Maya Site of Copán		Copán Department 14.8375°N 89.1425°W / 14.8375; -89.1425 (Maya Site of Copán)	Cultural (iv) (vi)	1980	Discovered in 1570 by Diego García de Palacio, the ruins of Copán, one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization, were not excavated until the 19th century. The ruined citadel and imposing public squares reveal the three main stages of development before the city was abandoned in the early 10th century.^[3]
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve		Gracias a Dios Department 15.744444°N 84.675°W / 15.744444; -84.675 (Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve)	Natural (vii) (viii) (ix) (x)	1982	Located on the watershed of the Río Plátano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America and has an abundant and varied plant and wildlife. In its mountainous landscape sloping down to the Caribbean coast, over 2,000 indigenous people have preserved their traditional way of life.^[4]

Site	Location	Criteria	Year of submission	Description
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (natural extension)	Colón Department, Gracias a Dios Department, Olancho Department 15°44′40″N 84°40′30″W	Natural (vii) (ix) (x)	2019	^[5]
San Fernando de Omoa Fortress	Cortés Department 15°46′26″N 88°02′11″W	Cultural (iv)	2021	^[6]
El Gigante Rockshelter	La Paz Department 14°13′44″N 88°03′21″W	Cultural (iii) (iv) (v)	2021	^[7]
Mining Towns of Central and Southern Honduras: Santa Lucía, Cedros, Ojojona-Guazucarán, San Antonio de Oriente, Tegucigalpa, Yuscarán, El Corpus	Choluteca Department, El Paraíso Department, Francisco Morazán Department 14°06′21″N 87°12′17″W	Cultural (iv)	2021	^[8]

List of World Heritage Sites in Honduras