List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines
Name Location Regions UNESCO data Period Description
Baroque Churches of the Philippines : San Agustin Church , Santa Maria Church , Paoay Church , and Miagao Church City of Manila ; Ilocos Sur ; Ilocos Norte ; Iloilo Manila ; Ilocandia ; Western Visayas 1993 ( inscription ) , 2013 ( minor boundary modification ) ; ii , iv 16th century All of the four baroque churches have been declared as National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Palawan Mimaropa 1993 ( inscription ) , 2009 ( extension ) ; vii , ix , x Pleistocene Epoch The site is an ASEAN Heritage Park , and a Ramsar Wetland Site . It is also located within the Palawan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras : Batad , Bangaan , Mayoyao , Hungduan , and Nagacadan Ifugao Cordillera 1995 ( inscription ) ; iii , iv , v 16th century The inscription includes 5 properties , namely , Batad Rice Terraces , Bangaan Rice Terraces ( both in Banaue ) , Mayoyao Rice Terraces ( in Mayoyao ) , Hungduan Rice Terraces ( in Hungduan ) and Nagacadan Rice Terraces ( in Kiangan ) . The terraces have been declared as National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines
Historic City of Vigan Ilocos Sur Ilocandia 1999 ( inscription ) ; ii , iv 16th century The site is also one of the New7Wonders Cities . The Mestizo Section , House of Father Jose Burgos and Leona Florentino of Vigan has been declared as one of the National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park Palawan Mimaropa 1999 ( inscription ) ; vii , x Pleistocene Epoch The site is one of the New7Wonders of Nature , part of the Palawan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a declared Ramsar Wetland Site
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary Davao Oriental Davao 2014 ( inscription ) ; x Pleistocene Epoch The site is a declared ASEAN Heritage Park
World Heritage Sites
Main article : Tourism in the Philippines Current logo for the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property In the 1990s , Filipino architect Augusto Villalón represented the Philippines in the UNESCO Committee and drafted the nomination dossiers of 5 heritage inscriptions . All the five inscriptions , which were the first five UNESCO sites in the Philippines , were declared as UNESCO World Heritage Sites from 1993 to 1999 . These sites include the Baroque Churches of the Philippines ( Miag-ao in Iloilo ; Paoay in Ilocos Norte ; Santa Maria in Ilocos Sur , and San Agustin in Manila ) ; Tubbataha Reef National Park , Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park , Historic City of Vigan , and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras [ 3 ] After Villalón retired , the country had a 14-year drought in UNESCO World Heritage designations , which would be broken only in 2014 , when Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . [ 4 ] The table lists information about each World Heritage Site :
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated six World Heritage Sites in the Philippines. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The Philippines, following its ratification of the convention on Thursday, September 19, 1985, made its historical and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The Philippines had its first sites included in 1993, and since 2014, has six sites on the list spanning nine locations. Of those six sites, three are cultural and three natural. The first 5 sites inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List was initiated by ICOMOS Philippines, an non-profit heritage organization, which partnered with the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines and the Heritage Conservation Society. The Philippines has a cultural inventory, called the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property or PRECUP, and a natural inventory called the National Integrated Protected Areas System or NIPAS. Both of which were established by various Philippine laws. The intangible cultural heritage list of the Philippines is under the PRECUP. In 2015, the 28 sites in the 'Tentative List' were revised. Currently, the Tentative List for possible nomination in the future contains nineteen submissions. In November 2017, the Philippines was elected as a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO.