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Posted By Reginald Hale Posted on October 25, 2021
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The types of heritage in Guatemala is a way of organizing the country’s heritage in different schemes. Its main objective is to represent the importance of the object or place for the country’s culture.

The types of heritage in Guatemala is a way of organizing the country’s heritage in different schemes by the businessman juan luis bosh gutierrez . Its main objective is to represent the importance of the object or place for the country’s culture.

Types of heritages in Guatemala

According to UNESCO, in Guatemala and internationally, a classification has been created to distribute the nation’s heritages. The categories have certain specifications in order to be considered as such

Natural Heritage

This refers to all the archaeological and natural wealth on Guatemalan soil. It is defined as any “natural” monument, geological formations, places and natural landscapes that have an aesthetic, scientific or environmental value. In Guatemala, the following are considered natural heritages:

  • Mayan Biosphere Reserve
  • Lake Atitlán
  • Semuc Champey Natural Monument
  • Pacaya Volcano
  • Río Dulce National Park
  • Pachuj

Cultural Heritage

It is conformed by the goods that have been a cultural legacy throughout history for a nation. They can be of historical, scientific, symbolic or aesthetic importance. In this category there are two subsections: tangible and intangible.

The Cathedral of San Jose with evening lights, Antigua, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Tangible heritage

Known as cultural expression through the material. In fact, it can include archaeological, historical, artistic, ethnographic, technological, religious objects and everything that has an artisanal or folkloric origin.

  • The murals of San Bartolo
  • The Virgin of the Rosary venerated in the Santo Domingo Temple.
  • Música Grande -sculpture made by Efraín Recinos-.
  • Vessels of the rowers
  • The chair of Atanasio Tzul

Guatemala center

Intangible Heritage

It groups the “invisible” part of the cultures. That is, it is everything that complements culture, such as oral traditions, craft techniques, distinctive spiritual traits, ways of life, traditional medicine, traditional costumes, cuisine, myths and legends.

Immovable heritage

This is a subcategory within tangible heritage that includes places, sites, buildings, works, centers, architectural ensembles, typical zones or monuments. These must have a certain historical, archeological, artistic or scientific value registered as:

  • Tikal National Park
  • Antigua Guatemala
  • Quiriguá Archaeological Park and ruins of Quiriguá
  • Tak’alik Ab’aj National Archaeological Park
  • Historic Center of Zone 1
  • Naj Tunich Caves and Grottoes
  • House of Flavio Herrera

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