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Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 on Spanish territory but was originally settled by French immigrants. It became a trading post for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee. Located on the south-central Caribbean coast of Cuba, in what was once the country's sugar cane, mango, tobacco and coffee producing region, the town initially developed in a neoclassical style. Later it became more eclectic but retained a harmonious overall townscape. Particularly interesting buildings include the Government Palace (Town Hall), the San Lorenzo School, the Diocese, the Ferrer Palace, the former College and some residences. Cienfuegos is the first architectural complex and an outstanding example of the new ideas of modern, sanitary and orderly urban planning that developed in Latin America from the 18th to the 19th century.
Levuka Historical Port Town
The town, with its low-slung buildings nestled among coconut and mango trees along the beach, was Fiji's first colonial capital, ceded to Britain in 1874. It developed from the early 19th century as a centre of commercial activity for Americans and Europeans, who built warehouses, shops, port facilities, residences, and religious, educational and social institutions around villages of indigenous South Pacific islanders. It is a rare example of a late colonial port town whose development was influenced by the indigenous community, which consistently outnumbered European settlers. As such, the town is an outstanding example of a late 19th century Pacific port settlement, reflecting the integration of local architectural traditions by the supreme naval power, resulting in a unique landscape.
Levuka Historical Port Town
The town, with its low-slung buildings nestled among coconut and mango trees along the beach, was Fiji's first colonial capital, ceded to Britain in 1874. It developed from the early 19th century as a centre of commercial activity for Americans and Europeans, who built warehouses, shops, port facilities, residences, and religious, educational and social institutions around villages of indigenous South Pacific islanders. It is a rare example of a late colonial port town whose development was influenced by the indigenous community, which consistently outnumbered European settlers. As such, the town is an outstanding example of a late 19th century Pacific port settlement, reflecting the integration of local architectural traditions by the supreme naval power, resulting in a unique landscape.
Colonies of Benevolence
This transnational collection of sites includes the cultural landscapes of four settlements, one in Belgium and three in the Netherlands. Together they bear witness to an experiment in 19th-century social reform, an effort to alleviate urban poverty by establishing agricultural colonies in remote areas. Founded in 1818, Frederikshavn (Netherlands) was the oldest of these colonies and the original headquarters of a charitable association that aimed to reduce poverty at the national level. Other components of the site include the colonies of Wilhelminaoord and Veenhuizen in the Netherlands and the colony of Wortel in Belgium. As the income from the small farms in the colonies was insufficient, the charitable associations sought other sources of income and contracted with the state to house orphans and, soon after, beggars and vagrants, leading to the establishment of “unfree” colonies such as Veenhuizen, which had large dormitory-style buildings and larger centralized farms for them to work under the supervision of guards. The colonies were designed as panoramic settlements along orthogonal lines. They featured residential buildings, farmhouses, churches and other communal facilities. At their peak in the mid-19th century, such colonies in the Netherlands were home to more than 11,000 people. In Belgium, their numbers peaked in 1910 at 6,000.
Coro and its Port
Coro has a unique Caribbean earthen architecture, the only extant example of a blend of local traditions with Spanish Mudejar and Dutch building techniques. Coro was one of the first colonial towns (founded in 1527) and has some 602 historic buildings.
City of Potosí
In the 16th century, the area was considered the world's largest industrial complex. The mining of silver ore depended on a series of water-powered mills. The site includes the industrial monument of Cerro Rico, where water was supplied by a complex system of aqueducts and artificial lakes; the colonial town with the Casa de la Moneda; the Church of San Lorenzo; several noble houses; and the barrios mitayos, where the workers lived.
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
The old colonial city of Querétaro is unique in that it has retained the geometric street plan of the Spanish conquistadors, side by side with the winding alleys of the Indian settlements. The Otomi, Tarasco, Chichimeca and Spanish lived peacefully in this town, which is famous for its many ornate Baroque civil and religious monuments from its golden age in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
The colonial city of Valparaíso is an example of late 19th century urban and architectural development in Latin America. With its natural amphitheatre-like setting, the city is characterized by a vernacular urban structure adapted to the hillsides, which are dotted with a variety of church spires. This contrasts with the geometric layout adopted on the plains. The city has well preserved interesting early industrial infrastructure, such as the numerous "elevators" on the steep hillsides.
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
The first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas were built on the island of Santo Domingo after Christopher Columbus arrived there in 1492. The colonial town was founded in 1498 on a grid-like layout that became the model for nearly all town planners in the New World.
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
Like a jewel in the necklace of the stark Rockies, the colonial village of Diamantina recalls the exploits of 18th-century diamond prospectors and bears witness to the triumph of human cultural and artistic endeavor over the environment.