UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Philippines

The UNESCO World Heritage List includes 878 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage of the global community.


Philippine Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List:

  • Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1993) - four churches built by the Spanish in the late 16th century; reinterpretation of European Baroque by Chinese and Filipino craftsmen
    • San Agustin Church in Manila
    • La Asuncion de la Nuestra Señora in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
    • St. Augustine Church in Paoay, Ilocos Norte
    • Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church in Miag-ao, Iloilo
  • Tubbataha Reef Marine Park (1993) - the reef comprises two atolls, the North and South reefs
  • Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera (1995) - popularly referred to as the Banaue Rice Terraces built by the Igorot people
  • The Historic City of Vigan (2007) - the best example of a Spanish colonial town in Asia
  • Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (1999)

Sites on the Tentative List

  • Jesuit Churches of the Philippines (1993)
  • San Sebastian Church (2006)
  • Angono Triglyphs (1993)
  • Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines (2006)
  • Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes (1993)
  • The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun (2006)
  • Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley (2006)
  • Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (2006)
  • Butuan Archeological Sites (2006)
  • Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (2006)
  • The Maranao Settlement of Tugaya (2006)
  • Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (2006)
  • Neolithic Shell Midden Sites in Lal-lo and Gattaran Municipalities (2006)
  • Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
  • Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (2006)
  • Ligawasan Marsh (2006)
  • Taal Volcano Protected landscape, Batangas (2006)
  • Panglao Island, Bohol (2006)
  • Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (2006)
  • Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (2006)
  • Mt. Pulag National Park (2006)
  • Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
  • Apo Reef Natural Park (2006)
  • El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (2006)
  • Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (2006)
  • Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (2006)
  • Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and outlying areas inclusive of the buffer zone (2006)
  • Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (2008)
  • Mount Apo and Mount Hamiguitan: Sanctuaries of Endemism in Mindanao (2008)