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Port Royal

Cultural World Heritage property in Jamaica, inscribed in 2025 under criteria (iv), (vi).

Port Royal, Jamaica
Photo: Raychristofer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Jamaica
Year of inscription
2025
Criteria
ivvi
Location
Kingston Parish
What it is
human settlement, submerged settlement
Reference
WHC 1595 · Wikidata Q685357

Why it is on the List

(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica33 kmBlue and John Crow MountainsJamaica · 2015MixedDesembarco del Granma National Park, Cuba232 kmDesembarco del Granma National ParkCuba · 1999NaturalCastillo de San Pedro de la Roca, Cuba248 kmCastillo de San Pedro de la RocaCuba · 1997CulturalArchaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba, Cuba278 kmArchaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of CubaCuba · 2000CulturalAlexander von Humboldt National Park, Cuba353 kmAlexander von Humboldt National ParkCuba · 2001NaturalNational History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers, Haiti517 kmNational History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, RamiersHaiti · 1982Cultural
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