World Heritage in Mexico

The World Heritage in Mexico (as of 2018) includes 35 UNESCO World Heritage Sites , including 27 World Heritage Sites, six World Heritage Sites and two mixed cultural and natural heritage sites. Mexico acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1984, and the first six World Heritage sites were added to the World Heritage List in 1987. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2018.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mexico in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve ( location )	1987	N	410
(more pictures)	Pre-Columbian City and National Park of Palenque ( location )	1987	K	411
Plaza de la Constitución	Historic Center of Mexico City and Xochimilco	1987	K	412	includes the historic center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc district and the Xochimilco district, located about 25 km southeast of the old town .
(more pictures)	Pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacan ( location )	1987	K	414
Monte Alban ruins	Old town of Oaxaca and ruins of Monte Alban	1987	K	415	The city of Oaxaca was founded by Spanish settlers in 1529. Nearby are the ruins of the Zapotec city of Monte Albán
	Historic center of Puebla	1987	K	416
	Guanajuato Historic Center and Mines	1988	K	482
	Chichen-Itza ruins	1988	K	483
	Old town of Morelia	1991	K	585
	Pre-Columbian city of El Tajin	1992	K	631
	El Vizcaino lagoon	1993	N	554	Sanctuary for whales
	Old town of Zacatecas	1993	K	676
	Rock carvings in the Sierra de San Francisco	1993	K	714	The Sierra de San Francisco itself was on the tentative list from 2004-2011 as a proposal for a World Heritage Site (Ref. 1965 )
	16th century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatepetl	1994	K	702
	Pre-Columbian city of Uxmal	1996	K	791
	Querétaro monument ensemble	1996	K	792	Historic center of the city of Santiago de Querétaro
	Cabañas Hospice in Guadalajara	1997	K	815	Built as a hospice for orphans, the elderly, the sick and the infirm in the city of Guadalajara between 1805 and 1810 , since 1980 it has been used as an art and cultural center
	Monument area of ​​Tlacotalpan	1998	K	862
	Archaeological sites of Paquimé in Casas Grandes	1998	K	560
	Xochicalco archaeological site	1999	K	939
(more pictures)	Historic city and fortress of Campeche ( location )	1999	K	895	City founded in 1540 and surrounded by fortifications in 1686, including the defenses around it: the fortresses of San José and San Miguel and the batteries of San Lucas, San Matias and San Luis.
	Mayan city of Calakmul and tropical rainforests in Campeche	2002	K / N	1061	The originally 3,000 hectare Calakmul cultural heritage site was converted into a mixed cultural and natural world heritage site during the expansion in 2014 and now comprises 331,397 hectares.Together with the surrounding buffer zone with an area of ​​391,788 hectares, this is the total area of ​​the Calakmul biosphere reserve in the state of Campeche .
	Franciscan missions in the Sierra Gorda in Querétaro	2003	K	1079	includes Misión de Santiago de Jalpan, Misión de Santa María del Agua de Landa, Misión de San Francisco del Valle de Tilaco, Misión de Nuestra Señora de la Luz de Tancoyol, Misión de San Miguel Concá in the state of Querétaro
(more pictures)	Luís Barragán's house and studio	2004	K	1136	Casa Barragán was the home and studio of the architect Luis Barragán
	Islands and reserves of the Gulf of California	2005	N (R)	1182	The site comprises 244 islands, islets and coastal areas in the Gulf of California . The heritage site was placed on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger in 2019 .
	Agave landscape and historical tequila production sites	2006	K	1209	34,658 large area of ​​the landscape between the volcano Tequila (volcano) and the valley of the Rio Grande de Santiago with cultivation areas of the blue agave and the places Tequila , Amatitán and El Arenal with their distilleries for tequila .
	University campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	2007	K	1250
	Fortress of San Miguel de Allende and the pilgrimage church of Jesus de Nazareno in Atotonilco	2008	K	1274	San Miguel de Allende is a fortified city ​​in the state of Guanajuato . The pilgrimage church of Jesus of Nazareth is located north of the old town in the Atotonilco district .
	Mariposa Monarca Biosphere Reserve	2008	N	1290
	Historic trade route Camino Real de Tierra Adentro - "Silver Route"	2010	K	1351	includes 60 sites between Mexico City and the Valle de Allende . These include 5 sites that are also separately registered in the World Heritage List. San Luis Potosí was also proposed independently in 2007, but was withdrawn in 2013.
	Prehistoric caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Oaxaca Valley	2010	K	1352
	El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve	2013	N	1410
	Padre Tembleque aqueduct	2015	K	1463
San Benedicto (further pictures)	Revillagigedo archipelago	2016	N	1510	Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . The world heritage includes the islands of San Benedicto , Socorro , Roca Partida and Clarión
	Tehuacán-Cuicatlán-Valley: Original habitat of Mesoamerica	2018	K / N	1534	2012 candidate for the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve for a natural heritage site, revised in 2017 for an application for a mixed world heritage site

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

As of 2018, there are 22 sites on the tentative list of Mexico, the last entry was made in 2018. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Bosque de Chapultepec ( location )	2001	K	1273	the largest green space in the center of Mexico City with a wooded hill and the Chapultepec Castle
(more pictures)	Old town of Álamos ( location )	2001	K	1541	Mining town from the 17th century
(more pictures)	Santa Prisca Church and its surroundings ( location )	2001	K	1543	Church in the colonial style in the city of Taxco in the northern part of the state of Guerrero .
(more pictures)	Pre-Columbian city of Cantona ( location )	2001	K	1586
Votive pyramid (further pictures)	Great city of Chicomóztoc-La Quemada	2001	K	1588
	Historic city of San Sebastián del Oeste	2001	K / N	1590
	Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo	2001	K	1599	A building complex set up as a museum with the former home and studios of the painter Diego Rivera and the painter Frida Kahlo
	Valle de los Cirios	2004	N	1953
	Protection areas for flora and fauna in Cuatro Ciénegas	2004	N	1954	Protected areas in the municipality of Cuatro Ciénegas
(more pictures)	Historic city of Real de Minas de Once Mil Vírgenes by Cosalá in Sinaloa	2004	K	1958	Cosalá is a Pueblo Mágico city ​​in the state of Sinaloa . Its historical name refers to St. Ursula of Cologne , the patron saint of the city, and the associated legend of the eleven thousand virgins .
	Huichol route along the holy places to Huiricuta (Tatehuari Huajuye)	2004	K / N	1959	Pilgrimage route of the indigenous Huicholen ethnic group from the coast to the holy site Wirikuta (Huiricuta)
	Lacan-Tún region - Usumacinta	2004	K / N	1962
	Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve	2004	K / N	1962
	Tecoaque	2004	K	1968
	Cuetzalan and its historical, cultural and natural surroundings	2006	K / N	5077
	Historic old town of Izamal	2008	K	5394
	Los Petenes - Ria Celestun	2008	N	5396
(more pictures)	Las Pozas, Xilitla	2009	K	5493	surrealistic garden landscape by Edward James near the town of Xilitla
	The Arco del Tiempo of the Río La Venta	2010	K / N	5567	The Arco del Tiempo is a natural rock gate in the canyon of the Río La Venta
	Cenote ring of the Chicxulub crater, Yucatán	2012	N	5784	Cenote ring of an approximately 66 million year old impact crater with a diameter of approximately 180 km in the north of the Yucatán peninsula
	Las Labradas archaeological site in Sinaloa	2012	K	5785
	Ensemble of the Franciscan Order and Cathedral of the Assumption in Tlaxcala	2018	K	6363	The former Franciscan monastery and the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in the city of Tlaxcala are planned as an extension of the world heritage site "Monasteries on Popocatépetl". This was already on the tentative list between 2004 and 2013.

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Chihuahua desert	1986-1994	N
	Monument areas of Puebla and Cholula	1986-1996	K		The historic center of Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza was added to the World Heritage List in 1987, the neighboring town of Cholula de Rivadavia was withdrawn in 1996.
(more pictures)	Bonampak Archaeological Zone and the Lacandon Jungle	1986-2001	K		Bonampak is a Mayan ruined city ​​discovered in 1946. It is of particular importance because of its well-preserved wall paintings.
	Cacaxtla Archaeological Zone	1986-2001	K
(more pictures)	Historic old town of San Cristóbal de las Casas and indigenous villages ( location )	1986-2001	K
	Pie de Vaca paleontological deposits	1986-2001	K
	Sierra de San Pedro Mártir - rock paintings and natural surroundings	1986-2001	K / N
	Pátzcuaro Lake Cultural Zone	1987-1987	K / N
	El Triunfo Nature Reserve	1997-1997	N
(more pictures)	San Juan de Ulúa Fortress ( location )	2001-2005	K
	Former Jesuit colleges in Tepotzotlán	2001-2011	K	1540	Through the schools founded by the Jesuits from 1580, the San Martin seminary and the San Francisco Javier college, Tepotzotlán gained the reputation of a leading educational center in New Spain. The College of San Francisco Javier is now part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro World Heritage Site, which was registered in 2010
	Monterrey Industrial Facilities: Foundry, Brewery and Glassworks	2001-2011	K	1595	Monterrey developed into a leading industrial location in Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
	Churches in Zoque Province, Chiapas	2001-2013	K	1587	Dominican churches from the 16th century
	Ahuehuete tree from Santa María del Tule	2001-2013	N	1594	The thickest tree in the world
	Industrial building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Félix Candela	2001-2013	K	1596	Office building, bottling plant and aging cellar by Bacardi y Cia. in the municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli near the Querétaro - México motorway
	Aguascalientes train station and its residential complex	2001-2013	K	1597	Train station in the city of Aguascalientes in the central Mexican state of the same name
	Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve	2004-2011	N	1956
	Sótano del Barro	2004-2011	N	1957
	Sierra de San Francisco and its rock paintings	2004-2011	N	1965	The rock carvings of the Sierra de San Francisco have been a World Heritage Site since 1993 (Ref. 714 ), the Sierra itself was proposed for natural heritage.
	Industrial complex of the La Constancia Mexicana textile factory and its living area	2004-2013	K	1961
	Peña de Bernal, sacred places and chapels of the Otomí-Chichimec peoples, Querétaros semi-desert	2006-2011	K / N	5074	Peña de Bernal is an approximately 400-meter-high monolith in the state of Queretaro , in the semi-arid environment, sacred places of the Otomí - Chichimecas are
	Monterrey Foundry Blast Furnaces	2008-2013	K	5393	Blast furnaces in Fundidora Park of Monterrey
	Centla and Términos wetlands	2008-2013	N	5397	included the marshland Pantanos de Centla and the area around the neighboring Laguna de Términos

Web links

Commons : UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mexico  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Mexico on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mexico. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed February 27, 2018 . 
2. ↑ German names according to the World Heritage List. In: www.unesco.de. German UNESCO Commission, accessed on January 31, 2018 . 
3. ^ The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. UNESCO World Heritage Center, July 3, 2019, accessed July 6, 2019 . 
4. ^ Tentative list of Mexico. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed February 27, 2018 . 
5. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Mexico. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved February 27, 2018 . 

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