Ceremonial center of the ancient inhabitants (800 BC-750 AD) of the heights above Acapulco bay, in the state of Guerrero, with 18 impressive carved rocks depicting myths, personages, the natural environment, agricultural cults and the measurement of time.

Famed for the mastery of its artisans who made extraordinary sculptures, masks, figures of animals and objects for rituals from jade and jadeite. It presents remarkable palace architecture and had the largest Mezcala culture population, in what is today the state of Guerrero.

A town with a long mining tradition, wholly identified with the silver industry. The center of the city reveals the wealth of the town during the viceregal era, evident in the great beauty and ornamentation of its religious buildings. The layout of the historic center gives it a unique appearance and provides beautiful views of the surrounding mountains.

This was the first Zone of Historical Monuments to be declared in Mexico. It has a great pre-Hispanic tradition and is recognized for its unique historical center paved in obsidian. The town was said to hold the remains of Emperor Cuauhtémoc in the Church of Santa María Asunción. The customs of Ixcateopan represent a synthesis of the pre-Hispanic past, colonial culture and Mexican nationalism.

Its location on top of one of the hills close to the town of Tixtla leads us to believe that this small ceremonial center was dedicated to the rain god. The skill of its inhabitants in working stone is patent in the masks and figurines they left at this site.

One of the largest settlements of the Costa Chica. In its first stage it covered present-day Acapulco, and in the second it extended to the foothills of the Cerro de la Bola, where 38 splendid stone carvings have been found with figures of animals, calendar counts and images of Tlaloc.