Cultural heritage in Medellín
Explore 397 mapped records of designated cultural assets (BIC), valued heritage represented as points, paths and polygons, and 18 influence zones. Compare architectural, urban, landscape and archaeological groups, inspect names and locate nearby heritage.
POT heritage reference retrieved on September 26, 2026. The BIC layer identifies designated assets; the three valued-heritage layers do not establish BIC designation, and influence zones describe their surroundings, not additional assets. Do not add layers as unique properties: records may overlap or represent the same place. The service adoption and update fields state December 17, 2014; the BIC metadata describes a June 17, 2021 update. This discrepancy prevents assigning a single dataset date or certifying current designation. Check the applicable instrument with Planning. Published names and categories are retained; the analysis group unifies the spelling “Arquitectonico”. Geometries are simplified by up to 0.5 m with a maximum 1% area change. A missing feature does not establish absence of protection.
What does Cultural heritage include in the Medellín geovisor?
In Medellín's Cultural heritage you can explore 5 layers: Designated cultural assets · POT reference, Valued heritage · points · not designated, Valued paths · not designated and 2 more. Each layer states its source, date and use limits.
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Sources, dates and limits
Each source’s verification date appears in the table. Retrieval time is not the data update date. Small city-wide layers use the full extent; larger layers depend on the visible area. Reference publications retain their original retrieval date. Each response contains up to 500 features and 2 MB. Reference publications load matching pages, up to 5,000 features and 8 MB per query. External services may return partial samples, identified in the viewer.
| Layer and source | Data date | Reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Designated cultural assets · POT referenceDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, consulta WGS84, simplificación topológica hasta 0,5 m, fechas UTC en formato ISO y grupo de análisis con ortografía unificada; grupo original conservado | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Valued heritage · points · not designatedDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, consulta WGS84, simplificación topológica hasta 0,5 m, fechas UTC en formato ISO y grupo de análisis con ortografía unificada; grupo original conservado | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Valued paths · not designatedDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, consulta WGS84, simplificación topológica hasta 0,5 m, fechas UTC en formato ISO y grupo de análisis con ortografía unificada; grupo original conservado | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Valued heritage · polygons · not designatedDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, consulta WGS84, simplificación topológica hasta 0,5 m, fechas UTC en formato ISO y grupo de análisis con ortografía unificada; grupo original conservado | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Cultural heritage influence zonesDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, consulta WGS84, simplificación topológica hasta 0,5 m, fechas UTC en formato ISO y grupo de análisis con ortografía unificada; grupo original conservado | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Source coordinates are transformed to WGS84 for display. Geometries are simplified by scale. Obtain official mapping if you need surveying accuracy or documents with administrative validity.