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Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue

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Church of San Juan
UNESCO World Heritage Site
San Juan Church's facade
LocationDalcahue, Chiloé Island, Chiloé Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile
Part ofChurches of Chiloé
CriteriaCultural: (ii), (iii)
Reference971-013
Inscription2000 (24th Session)
Area0.186 ha (0.46 acres)
Coordinates42°20′06″S 73°30′15″W / 42.335065°S 73.504249°W / -42.335065; -73.504249 (Church of San Juan)
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue is located in Chiloé
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue
Location of Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue in Chiloé
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue is located in Los Lagos
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue (Los Lagos)
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue is located in Chile
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue
Church of San Juan Bautista, Dalcahue (Chile)

The Church of San Juan Bautista de San Juan de Coquihuil (Spanish: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista de San Juan de Coquihuil) is a Roman Catholic church located in the Chilean hamlet of San Juan, commune of Dalcahue in Chiloé Island. Commonly referred to as «Church of San Juan» —Spanish: Iglesia de San Juan—, is within the Diocese of Ancud; its construction was finished around 1887.[1]

This church is one of the 16 traditional Chiloé wooden churches built in the 18th and 19th centuries that were declared as a World Heritage site under Churches of Chiloé's denomination[2] because of their unique form of wooden architecture known as the Chilota School of Religious Architecture on Wood.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales (2003). Postulación de las iglesias de Chiloé para su inclusión en la lista del patrimonio mundial ante la UNESCO (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago of Chile: Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales. ISBN 956-7953-00-7.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ UNESCO (2001-01-16). "Convention concerning the protection of the world cultura and natural heritage" (PDF). World Heritage Committee, Twenty-fourth session, Cairns, Australia. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  3. ^ Gutiérrez Viñuales, Rodrigo (2005). Arte latinoamericano del siglo XX: otras historias de la historia (in Spanish). Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza. p. 378. ISBN 978-84-7733-792-8.