ESMA Museum and Site of Memory
Also known as ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination, ESMA, Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (vi).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Inscribed
2023
List reference
1681
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
ESMA Museum and Site of Memory is about 9 km north-west of Buenos Aires. The nearest other World Heritage site is Colonia del Sacramento, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Buenos Aires · about 12,795,000 peopleabout 9 km south-east
- Colonia del Sacramento · about 22,000 peopleabout 60 km east
- Luján · about 82,000 peopleabout 60 km west
- Campana · about 82,000 peopleabout 60 km north-west
- La Plata · about 694,000 peopleabout 60 km south-east
- Zárate · about 89,000 peopleabout 70 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
UruguayCultural57 km away
UruguayCultural158 km away
UruguayCultural248 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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