× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Inscription: San Agustin Archaeological Park (Colombia) Tipo de documento Decision Número de referencia VIII.C.1 Fecha Dic 4, 1995 FuenteUNEP, InforMEA Estado Activo Materia Especies silvestres y ecosistemas Tratado Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural (Nov 23, 1972) Reunión 19e session du Comité Página web whc.unesco.org Resumen San Agustin Archaeological Park 744 Colombia C(iii) The Committee concluded that the wealth of megalithic statuary from the archaeological sites in San Agustin Archaeological Park bears vivid witness to the artistic creativity and imagination of a prehispanic culture that flowered in the hostile tropical environment of the Northern Andes. The Committee decided to inscribe the San Agustin Archaeological Park on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii).