Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural landscape historic region

Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios is a historic region in central Cuba renowned for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture and former sugar plantations that reflect the island’s 18th- and 19th-century sugar economy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Valle de los Ingenios	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ historic region ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	African slave labor ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
conservationStatus	protected cultural site ⓘ
contains	Trinidad, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Trinidad Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Valle de los Ingenios bell towers ⓘ plantation houses ⓘ slave quarters ⓘ sugar mills ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
governingBody	Ministry of Culture of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Cuban National Council of Cultural Heritage
hasPart	Valle de Meyer ⓘ Valle de San Luis ⓘ Valle de Santa Rosa ⓘ historic center of Trinidad ⓘ
hasView	Escambray Mountains ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
inscriptionReason	outstanding example of a colonial sugar-producing town and its landscape ⓘ
knownFor	18th-century sugar economy heritage ⓘ 19th-century sugar economy heritage ⓘ historic sugar plantations ⓘ well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Sancti Spíritus ⓘ surface form: Sancti Spíritus Province central Cuba ⓘ
near	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
notableBuilding	Iglesia Parroquial de la Santísima Trinidad ⓘ Plaza Mayor of Trinidad ⓘ
notableStructure	Manaca Iznaga tower ⓘ
partOf	Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean region
primaryHistoricActivity	sugar production ⓘ
regionType	sugar-producing region ⓘ
significantFor	history of slavery in Cuba ⓘ history of sugar industry in the Caribbean ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism destination ⓘ heritage tourism destination ⓘ
transportHistory	linked by railways to sugar mills ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iv) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1988 ⓘ

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Cuba → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios ⓘ

Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios → contains → Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valle de los Ingenios