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Tuesday, 27 February 2007 |
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Chiloé's Churches are wooden temples constructed at Chiloé's Archipelago, from mid the XVIIIth century to the beginning of the XXth century.
UNESCO World Heritage Site 2000
Bobeda Central Iglesia de Castro
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Panorama 360 del Altar lateral de la Iglesia de Castro.
Panoramas en Versiones Multiformato a Pantalla Completa.
Panorama 360 de la Fachada Exterior de la Iglesia y Plaza de Achao.
They have remained standing for almost 300 years and they are some of the oldest wooden constructions that still exist in the planet.
The need for preservation made that 16 of them were declared National Monument and that in 1993, the Chiloé's friends Cultural Foundation nominated these 16 temples as candidates for the UNESCO World Heritage.
The churches that obtained this distinction are:
- Achao's Church
- Quinchao's Church
- Nercón's Church
- Chonchi's Church
- Ichuac's Church
- Rilán's Church
- Vilupulli's Church
- Dalcahue's Church
- Aldachildo's Church
- Tenaún's Church
- San Juan's Church
- Detif's Church
- Colo's Church
- Castro's Church
- Caguach's Church
- Chelín's Church
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