ATLAS · WORLD HERITAGE · CAPE VERDE
World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde
Cape Verde has 1 site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List — 1 cultural. Below: how they split by type, and the headline sites. From UNESCO’s official list, snapshot 2026-06-22.
SITES1
CULTURAL · NATURAL1 · 0
IN DANGER0
By heritage type
Cultural1 · 100%
Natural0 · 0%
Mixed0 · 0%
Notable sites in Cape Verde
A spread of the country’s heritage — the rarer mixed and natural sites first, then its earliest inscriptions.
culturalCidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande2009
The town of Ribeira Grande, renamed Cidade Velha in the late 18th century, was the first European colonial outpost in the tropics. Located in the south of the island of Santiago, the town features some of the original street layout impressive remains including two churches, a royal fortress and P…