Tentative List
The Tentative List consists of sites previously nominated, but not yet inscribed.
| Name | Image | Region | UNESCO data | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of La Plata, Foundational Urban Area | Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | 1085 !1085; Submission: 1998; (ii)(iv)(vi) | The Foundational Urban Area of the City of La Plata was entirely designed in 1882 as a new city, planned as a whole to serve as site of the new capital of the Province of Buenos Aires. This area covers a surface of 2,265 hectares, made up of 40 blocks by 40 blocks, and delimited by a complete set of ring roads. The general urban model is enriched by the incorporation - planned at the same time of the foundation - of a system of palaces and representative, political, cultural, educational, religious and of social concern buildings. All these give a higher aesthetical and architectonic hierarchy to the urban quality of the city. | |
| Valle Calchaquí | Catamarca Province, Salta Province and Tucumán Province, Argentina | 1582 !1582; Submission: 2001; (ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) | The Valle Calchaqui forms a 250 km narrow north-south strip along the Calchaqui river, between the structural units of La Puna and the Oriental Mountain Range. A bunch of secondary valleys and gorges, both longitudinal and transversal, build up the tributary system of the Calchaqui river. Las Conchas gorge is, in turn, a deep fluvial valley of 75 km long, that spreads from Alemania town to the joint of Calchaqui and Santa Matia rivers. | |
| Las Parinas | Catamarca Province, Argentina | 1584 !1584; Submission: 2001; (viii)(ix)(x) | This region belongs to the northern extreme of the Geological Province Cordillera Frontal and to the southern extreme of the Geological Province Puna. Both gather a few kilometers north of San Francisco Pass in the "Sierra de Buenaventura". The Puna shows depressions with upgoing steps to the west, separated by southward ranges which reach the 5,900 m in the East up to 6,400 m in the West. The natural heritage shows a series of mountain landscapes of particular beauty, predominantly arid, and is highlighted by the volcanoes, the high plateaux, the extensive salt flats, scarce flora, and the wild fauna, narrow rivers and wetlands which gather regional species of birds. | |
| City of Buenos Aires: Cultural Landscape | Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2022 !2022; Submission: 2005; (ii)(iv)(vi)(vii) | The area of the city called "Cultural Landscape" refers to the axis of the river and the urbanization process that historically has signed. It also includes the elements of architectural and urban heritage that have been confined to the laws of Historic Protection Areas, the National Historic Monuments and the buildings protected by the Government of the City. It also includes the centers of social and cultural activity that act as fluxes of integration between the natural and cultural environments. Finally, it incorporates many of the settlements of "mythical", symbolic significance that make Buenos Aires a universal legend built by the literature, travelers, chroniclers (Example: the words of popular tangos). Therefore, "it represents the entire cultural landscape that its shown." | |
| Sierra de las Quijadas National Park | San Luis Province, Argentina | 2021 !2021; Submission: 2005; (vii)(viii)(ix) | The Sierra de las Quijadas National Park undoubtedly constitutes a "sanctuary" of the flora and fauna of the Province of San Luis and of the west-central part of Argentina, since its environment constitutes a transition strip or "ecotone" between the biogeographical provinces of Chaco and Monte. The sedimentary outcrops in Sierra de las Quijadas are part of a chain of geological units the detailed study of which has enabled to complement part of the geohistorical and paleobiological information of the Upper Mesozoic in Argentina, which extends over 120 million years (the entire Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods) | |
| Casa Curutchet | Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | 5140 !5140; Submission: 2007; (i)(ii)(iv) | Casa Curutchet is the only house and one of the two buildings in the Americas constructed according to a project by Le Corbusier, one of the leading architects of the Modern Movement in architecture. The project was commissioned in 1948 by Dr. Pedro Curutchet, an Argentine surgeon who asked the architect to locate in a quite small urban plot both family house and working area taking advantage of the possibility of enjoying sunning and the views to a nearby square and park. Practically all Le Corbusier's architectural principles were employed, such as the independent structure (pilotis), the free plan, the free façade, the dematerialization of facades trough glass panels, the brise-soleil and the garden terrace. In this sense, the building is a complete example of Le Corbusier architecture, in this case adapted to a tiny urban plot and to a determined urban location. | |
| Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan | Catamarca Province, Jujuy Province, La Rioja Province, Mendoza Province, Salta Province and San Juan Province, Argentina | 5546 !5546; Submission: 2010; (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) | The Qhapaq Ñan (English: Great Inca Road, or Main Andean Road, and meaning "the beautiful road") constituted the principal north-south highway of the Inca Empire traveling 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) along the spine of the Andes. The Qhapaq Ñan unified this immense and heterogeneous empire through a well-organized political system of power. It allowed the Inca to control his Empire and to send troops as needed from the capital, Cusco. The most important Inca road was the Camino Real (Royal Road), as it is known in Spanish, with a length of 5,200 kilometres (3,200 mi). It began in Quito, Ecuador, passed through Cusco, and ended in what is now Tucumán, Argentina. The Camino Real traversed the mountain ranges of the Andes, with peak altitudes of more than 5,000 m (16,000 ft). El Camino de la Costa, the coastal trail, with a length of 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi), ran parallel to the sea and was linked with the Camino Real by many smaller routes. | |
| Campos Volcánicos Llancanelo y Payun Matru, Distrito Payunia | Mendoza Province, Argentina | 5615 !5615; Submission: 2011; (vii)(viii) | The proposed site includes two protected areas: the Provincial Reserves Llancanelo Lake and Payunia. The first has 90,000 ha. of protected reserve, of which 65,000 ha., have been declared a Ramsar site in 1996. It is one of the few areas in the country with a participatory management plan, developed jointly with the residents, and is unique in the world with volumetric limits. The Payunia Reserve covers 192.000 ha and is reserve since 1982, in the future will be expanded to 450,000 ha using available public land and other private lands with owners arrangement. In this part the volcanic territory reaches its peak focusing in its greater variety of volcanic landforms and creating a stunning landscape. |
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