There are three types of sites: cultural, natural, and mixed. Cultural heritage sites include hundreds of historic buildings and town sites, important archaeological sites, and works of monumental sculpture or painting.

What are the types of heritage?

Cultural heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art, and artifacts), intangible culture (such as folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge), and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes, and biodiversity).

What is an example of a heritage?

The definition of heritage is the background from which one comes, or any sort of inherited property or goods. An example of heritage is a German ancestry. An example of heritage is money left to a child in his parent's will. ... Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance.