WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN SPAIN

Garajonay National Park

• A national park located on the island La Gomera
• Declared a national park in 1981
• World Heritage site in 1986
• It is a WHS because it is the only laurisilva in the Canarian Island archipelago.
• A laurisilva is a humid, subtropical forest

Tower of Hercules

• An Ancient Roman lighthouse
• 55 meters tall; World Heritage site in June 2009
• Overlooks the North Atlantic coast of Spain
• Located in Coruña, Galicia
• It is a WHS because it is the only fully preserved Roman lighthouse.

Poblet Monastery

• A Cistercian monastery
• Founded in1151; World Heritage site as of 1991
• Located near the Padres Mountains in Catalonia
• Founded by French Cistercian monks, later used as a palace and military complex
• It is a WHS for its beautiful architecture and its many uses across history

Walled Town of Cuenca

• A medieval city built on a limestone ridge
• Located in the town of Cuenca
• Home of spains first golthic cathedral
• World Heritage site in 1996
• It is a WHS for its good example of a medieval city as well as its religious imprortance.

Toledo

• Capital city of the Visigothic Kingdom
• Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam have all affected area
• Improtant artistic center in central Spain, south of Madrid
• World Heritage site in 1986
• It is a WHS because of its religious and artistic importance.