San Basilio de Palenque

San Basilio de Palenque
Statue of Benkos Biohó
Statue of Benkos Biohó
CountryColombia
DepartmentBolívar
MunicipalityMahates
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio
Fiesta in Palenque
CountryColombia
Reference00102
RegionSouth America
Inscription history
Inscription2008 (3rd session)
ListRepresentative

San Basilio de Palenque or Palenque de San Basilio, often referred to by the locals simply as Palenke, is a Palenque village and corregimiento in the Municipality of Mahates, Bolivar in northern Colombia. Palenque was the first free African town in the Americas, and in 2005 was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.[1]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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