World Heritage

13 places
Sierra de San Francisco
The area has some of the richest and most ancient cave paintings in the world. Dating back 8,800 years, these prehistoric paintings are in gullies, ravines and caves. They are remarkable for their size, quality and condition. The cave paintings were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.
Baja California Sur
Sierra de San Francisco
1658
1658
Teotihuacan
The great Mesoamerican city was at the heart of politics, the economy, trade, religion and culture. Its influence reached such distant places as Tikal. The city of Teotihuacan was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987, owing to the outstanding value of its monumental building complexes, mural paintings and living areas.
Estado de México
Teotihuacan
1717
1717
Uxmal
Uxmal is a magnificent and monumental city, one that astonishes visitors with its Pyramid of the Magician, the Nunnery Quadrangle and the House of the Doves. This is the most representative Puuc-style site with its decorated facades with masks of the god Chaac, fret patterns, hieroglyphic panels and tall roof combs.
Yucatán
Uxmal
1895
1895
Xochicalco
An indigenous city built on the top of the Xochicalco hill possibly for visual dominance of the landscape. The ancient settlers built walls, moats and large access roads for absolute control of their entrances.
Their knowledge in engineering, environment, astronomy, construction, and aesthetics is distinguished in each of the platforms, temples, palace and residential houses that can still be admired at the site. Showing the heritage values that made it a site inscribed on the World Heritage List as a cultural asset and recognized by the original inhabitants that are still preserved nearby as The House of the Flowering Knowledge.
Morelos
Xochicalco
1753
1753

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