Mexico City

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mexico City

4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Mexico City.

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UNESCO sites in Mexico City

  • Camino Real de Tierra AdentroCultural · 2010 · 1 km

    Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was the Royal Inland Road, also known as the Silver Route. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing World Heritage sites lying along a 1400 km section of this 2600 km ro…

  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and XochimilcoCultural · 1987 · 1 km

    Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which…

  • Luis Barragán House and StudioCultural · 2004 · 7 km

    Built in 1948, the House and Studio of architect Luis Barragán in the suburbs of Mexico City represents an outstanding example of the architect’s creative work in the post-Second World War period. The concrete building, …

  • Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Cultural · 2007 · 12 km

    The ensemble of buildings, sports facilities and open spaces of the Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), was built from 1949 to 1952 by more than 60 architects, engineers …

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