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Chiloé Wooden Churches

Chiloé archipelago, Los Lagos; map pin near Castro

Yellow wooden Church of San Francisco in Castro, with twin purple-topped towers.
Church of San Francisco in Castro, one of the sixteen World Heritage churches of Chiloé, photographed in December 2016.
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2016-12-12
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About the building

Chiloé’s sixteen World Heritage churches are wooden buildings sustained by island communities and traditional craft knowledge. UNESCO’s 2026 review records continuing conservation and management needs, while the local foundation invites enquiries about volunteering, placements and internships.

The project

Building conservation, maintenance, fire-risk management and locally agreed protection of church settings across the serial property.

Sources

Volunteer is an enquiry route, not a guaranteed placement, permission for unsupervised repair or confirmed travel package. One map marker represents a dispersed group, not a single property; report year is 2026.

State of Conservation (SOC 2026): Churches of Chiloé

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