List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.[1] Mexico accepted the convention on 23 February 1984, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2017, there are thirty-four World Heritage Sites in Mexico, including twenty-seven cultural sites, six natural sites and one mixed site.[2]
Mexico's first six sites, Sian Ka'an, Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco, Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán, and Historic Centre of Puebla, were inscribed on the list at the 11th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. [3]
In addition to its inscribed sites, Mexico also maintains twenty-two properties on its tentative list, considered for future nomination.[4]
World Heritage Sites
The table is sortable by column by clicking on the at the top of the appropriate column; alphanumerically for the Site, Area, and Year columns; by state party for the Location column; and by criteria type for the Criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom.
- Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[5]
- Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
- Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[6]
- Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A lack of value implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
- Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
- Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Tentative list
In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list.[41] As of 2017, Mexico maintains twenty-two properties on its tentative list:[4]
- 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)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (2001)
- Valle de los Cirios (2004)
- Flora and Fauna Protection Area of Cuatro Ciénegas (2004)
- Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa (2004)
- Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuari Huajuye) (2004)
- Lacan-Tún – Usumacinta Region (2004)
- Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve (2004)
- Tecoaque (2004)
- Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding (2006)
- Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) (2008)
- Los Petenes-Río Celestún (2008)
- Las Pozas, Xilitla (2008)
- Arch of Time of La Venta River (2010)
- Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Biosphere Reserve (2012)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (2012)
- Las Labradas, Sinaloa archaeological site (2012)
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; 8. Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
Legend: World Cultural Heritage Site; World Natural Heritage Site; World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site (Mixed)
Note: The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro inscribed property encompasses 59 cities, towns, bridges, haciendas and other monuments along some 1,400 km of the route. The point shown on the map is an approximate midpoint between historic Mexico City, the southernmost site, and the town of Valle de Allende, the most northern site. For a description and location of each site, see the UNESCO entry.
References
- ↑ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ↑ "Mexico". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Report of the 11th Session of the Committee". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Tentative List – Mexico". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Archipiélago de Revillagigedo". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Camino Real de Tierra Adentro". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Morelia". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Puebla". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Zacatecas". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Fortified Town of Campeche". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Luis Barragán House and Studio". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Sian Ka'an". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Tentative Lists". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 October 2010.