Heritage
Monuments of Ecuador
17 listed monuments and heritage sites, ordered by significance: designation, photography and recorded history.
Ramsar site9listed sites
Tentative World Heritage S…4listed sites
World Heritage Site3listed sites
part of UNESCO World Herit…1listed sites
Photo: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
Photo: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
1Quito
Quito, Pichincha
city · 1534
World Heritage Site
Photo: Ecuador planeta magico · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
2Machalilla National Park
Puerto López, Manabí
national park · 1979
Tentative World Heritage SiteRamsar site
Photo: Agencia de Noticias ANDES · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
3Zaruma
Zaruma, El Oro
city · 1595
Tentative World Heritage Site
Photo: Delphine Ménard (notafish }<';>) · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
4El Cajas National Park
Sayausi, Azuay
national park · 1996
Ramsar site
6Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos
Tixan, Chimborazo Province
rail transport by country or region
Tentative World Heritage Site
7Manglares Cayapas-Mataje Ecological Reserve
Pampanal de Bolívar, Esmeraldas
ecological reserve · 1995
Ramsar site
8Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
Cuenca, Azuay
urban area
World Heritage Site
9Puyango Petrified Forest
Alamor, Loja
paleontological site
Tentative World Heritage Site
Photo: Paramo at Dutch Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
10El Ángel Ecological Reserve
El Ángel, Carchi
nature reserve
Ramsar site
11Palacio de Cristal de Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Guayas
building · 1905
historic site
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
15Historic Center of Quito
Quito, Pichincha
urban area
World Heritage Site
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
16Santay Island
Guayaquil, Guayas
island
Ramsar site
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iDesignations
How sites are protected
| Designation | Sites with a page |
|---|---|
| Ramsar site | 9 |
| Tentative World Heritage Site | 4 |
| World Heritage Site | 3 |
| part of UNESCO World Heritage Site | 1 |
| historic site | 1 |
| Important Bird Area | 1 |