Rapa Nui National Park World Heritage Site

Official name
Rapa Nui National Park | UNESCO
Country
Chile | Map
Continent
South America
Location
Easter Island province of the Valparaíso Region
-27.1500° Lat, -109.4500° Lon | Map
Code
715
Time Zone
America/Santiago (-03, -0300)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1995. Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and original tradition of monumental sculpture and architecture, free from any external influence. From the 10th to the 16th century this society built shrines and erected enormous stone figures known as moai , which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people throughout the world.