Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a large inlet of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the northwestern coast of Mexico.
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El Tajin, Veracruz, was named after the Totonac rain god and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 for its cultural and architectural significance.
Zacatecas shows how money was made at a terrible cost. Mexican indigenous slaves mined silver, gold, iron, copper, and zinc in terrible conditions.
Puebla is east of Mexico City. Colonial architecture, pottery, and cooking date back centuries. Many buildings use the area's painted Talavera tiles.
Puebla was founded in 1531. It's about 100 km east of Mexico City, near the base of the Popocatepetl volcano. It was a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City was built between 1904 and 1934. A big theater, a music hall, the Palace of Fine Arts Museum, and the National Museum of Architecture are all inside the palace
Mexico City was built by the Spanish on Tenochtitlan ruins and Historic center of Mexico City and Xochimilco were declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Morelia is in Michoacan, Mexico. The city is between the Chiquito and Grande rivers on the Central Plateau. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
Calakmul Mayan ruins and Calakmul biosphere reserve are in Campeche, south of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 2002.
Chichen Itza was one of the most important and holy Mayan centers on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, and it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve lies within rugged forested mountains about 100 km northwest of Mexico City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site from 2008 onward for monarch butterfly migration.
35 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mexico. Mexico UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Historical Sites in Mexico. Mexican Historic Sites. Mexico Heritage.