World Heritage Sites in Mexico

World Heritage Sites in Mexico

Mexico has the largest number of World Heritage Sites in the Americas:Fact|date=March 2008

#Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
#Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
#Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
#Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
#Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City
#Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
#Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
#Historic Centre of Morelia, Michoacán
#Historic Centre of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
#Historic Centre of Puebla, Puebla
#Historic Centre of Zacatecas, Zacatecas
#Historic Fortified Town of Campeche, Campeche
#Historic Monuments Zone of Santiago de Querétaro
#Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
#Historic Town of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, and Adjacent Mines
#Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco
#Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City
#Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín, Veracruz
#Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas
#Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá, Yucatán
#Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, Estado de México
#Pre-Hispanic City of Uxmal, Chiapas
#Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
#Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo
#Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno
#Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
#Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California

References

* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/mx Mexico - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]


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