List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico
This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mexico. The country has the largest number of World Heritage Sites of any country in the Americas and the sixth most in the world.[1] As of July 2013 there are 26 cultural sites, 5 natural sites and 1 mixed site on the list, making for a total of 32. [2]
List
- * = World Cultural Heritage Site
- † = World Natural Heritage Site
- *† = World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site (Mixed)
Image | Name | Location | Date | Number | Criteria |
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Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco* | Mexico City | 1987 | 412 | II, III, IV, V | |
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Monte Albán* | Oaxaca, Oaxaca | 1987 | 415 | I, II, III, IV | |
Historic Centre of Puebla* | Puebla, Puebla | 1987 | 416 | II, IV | |
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque* | Chiapas | 1987 | 411 | I, II, III, IV | |
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan* | State of Mexico | 1987 | 414 | I, II, III, IV, V | |
Sian Ka'an† | Tulum, Quintana Roo | 1987 | 410 | VII, X | |
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines* | Guanajuato, Guanajuato | 1988 | 482 | I, II, IV, VI | |
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza* | Tinum, Yucatán | 1988 | 483 | I, II, III | |
Historic Centre of Morelia* | Michoacán | 1991 | 585 | II, IV, VI | |
El Tajín* | Veracruz | 1992 | 631 | III, IV | |
Historic Centre of Zacatecas* | Zacatecas | 1993 | 676 | II, IV | |
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco* | Mulegé, Baja California Sur | 1993 | 714 | I, II | |
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino† | Mulegé, Baja California Sur | 1993 | 554 | X | |
Earliest 16th century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl* | Popocatépetl | 1994 | 702 | II, IV | |
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro* | Querétaro, Querétaro | 1996 | 792 | II, IV | |
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal* | Yucatán | 1996 | 791 | I, II, III | |
Hospicio Cabañas* | Guadalajara, Jalisco | 1997 | 815 | I, II, III, IV | |
Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes* | Chihuahua | 1997 | 560 | III, IV | |
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan* | Veracruz | 1998 | 862 | II, IV | |
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco* | Miacatlán, Morelos | 1999 | 939 | III, IV | |
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche* | Campeche, Campeche | 1999 | 895 | II, IV | |
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche †* | Campeche | 2002 | 1061 | I, II, III, IV | |
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda* | Sierra Gorda, Querétaro | 2003 | 1079 | II, III | |
Luis Barragán House and Studio* | Mexico City | 2003 | 1136 | I, II | |
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California† | Gulf of California | 2005 | 1182 | VII, IX, X | |
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila* | Tequila, Jalisco | 2006 | 1209 | II, IV, V, VI | |
Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)* | Mexico City | 2007 | 1250 | I, II, IV | |
Protective town of San Miguel de Allende and Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco* | San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato | 2008 | 1274 | II, IV | |
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve† | Michoacán; Mexico State | 2008 | 1290 | VII | |
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro* | Mexico | 2010 | 1351 | II, IV | |
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca* | Oaxaca | 2010 | 1352 | III | |
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve† | Sonora | 2013 | 1410 | VII, VIII, X | |
Location of sites
Numbered sites: 1. Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México; 2. Ciudad Universitaria; 3. Xochicalco; 4. Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl; 5. Luis Barragan House and Studio; 6. Teotihuacan; 7. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Legend: World Cultural Heritage Site; World Natural Heritage Site
Paquimé
El Tajin
1
Queretaro
5
Yagul and Mitla
Tentative List
In addition there are sites on the "tentative list" including:[2]
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (2001)
- Historic Town of Alamos (2001)
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (2001)
- Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona (2001)
- Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada (2001)
- Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste (2001)
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque (2001)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (2001)
- Flora and Fauna Protection Area Valle de los Cirios (2004)
- Flora and Fauna Protection Area Cuatro Ciénegas (2004)
- Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa (2004)
- Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Huiricuta (Tatehuari Huajuye) (2004)
- Lacan-Tún – Usumacinta Region (Tatehuari Huajuye) (2004)
- Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve(Tatehuari Huajuye) (2004)
- Ancient Maya City of Calakmul and the Biosphere Reserve - extension (2004)
- Tecoaque (2004)
- Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding (2006)
- Historical city of Izamal (2008)
- Archipelago of Revillagigedo (2008)
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (2008)
- Las Pozas, Xilitla (2008)
- Arco del Tiempo of La Venta River (2010)
- Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Biosphere Reserve (2012)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (2012)
- Las Labradas, Sinaloa archaeological site (2012)
References
- ↑ "Number of World Heritage properties inscribed by each State Party". UNESCO. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ↑ "Mexico - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". UNESCO. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
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