UNESCO Welterbe

UNESCO-Welterbestätten weltweit

Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
Cuba
Einschreibungsjahr
1988
Kriterien
(iv)(v)
UNESCO-ID
460

Beschreibung

Founded in the early 16th century in honour of the Holy Trinity, the city was a bridgehead for the conquest of the American continent. Its 18th- and 19th-century buildings, such as the Palacio Brunet and the Palacio Cantero, were built in its days of prosperity from the sugar trade.