World Heritage Sites in Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico

Ciudad Universitaria
Student campus in City of Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130025
Photo: Daniel Case / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biblioteca_and_Torre_des_Humanidades_I_from_Las_Islas,_Ciudad_Universitaria,_Mexico_City.jpg

Mexico

Teotihuacan
Ancient Mesoamerican city
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172613
Official site: https://www.inah.gob.mx/zonas/23-zona-arqueologica-de-teotihuacan
Photo: Burkhard Mücke / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020-02-11_Teotihuacan_la_Avenida_de_los_Muertos_y_la_Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Sol.jpg

Mexico

Palenque
Former Maya city state in southern Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181427
Photo: Ljuba brank at Slovenian Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:055_Palenque_Pakal_Maji_(29).JPG

Mexico

Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
Prehistoric rock art pictographs in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552005
Photo: Netzai / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baja_California_Sur.jpg

Mexico

Sian Ka'an
Biosphere reserve
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559789
Photo: Tschips / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%A9xico_-_Sian_Ka%27an,_Boat_Tour.JPG

Mexico

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
UNESCO world heritage in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751146
Photo: Unknown / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sierra_gorda.jpg

Mexico

Tajín Veracruz
Archaeological site in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753895
Photo: Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Baden-Baden / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Taj%C3%ADn,_Nischenpyramide.(fcm).jpg

Mexico

Xochicalco
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797120
Photo: Maxtreiber / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mexico_xochicalco_pyramids.JPG

Mexico

Chichen Itza
Pre-Columbian Maya city in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5859
Official site: https://www.chichenitza.com/
Photo: Daniel Schwen / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chichen_Itza_3.jpg

Mexico

Revillagigedo Islands
Island group
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849318
Photo: Lieutenant Debora Barr, NOAA Corps / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Benedicto_Island.jpg

Mexico

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Biosphere reserve
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852546
Photo: Solo se puede ser libre Cuándo no se tiene nada que perder from Mexico D.F., México / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santuario_de_la_Mariposa_Monarca_(3088019191).jpg

Mexico

Casas Grandes
Prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853265
Photo: Levi bernardo / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zona_arqueol%C3%B3gica_de_Paquim%C3%A9_2020.jpg

Mexico

Tlacotalpan
Locality in Tlacotalpan Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q903792
Official site: http://www.tlacotalpan-turismo.gob.mx/
Photo: panza.rayada / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tlacotalpan_Veracruz_-_panoramio.jpg

Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico

Luis Barragán House and Studio
Mexico City cultural institution
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1046414
Official site: http://www.casaluisbarragan.org
Photo: Ymblanter / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luis_Barragan_House_exterior_02.jpg

Mexico

Calakmul
Archaeological site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272771
Photo: Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_Calakmul,_Mexico_(8726963632).jpg

Mexico

Temple of the Inscriptions
Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2559153
Photo: Jan Harenburg / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palenque_temple_1.jpg

Mexico

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2840764
Photo: Jay Galvin from Pleasanton, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zempoala_Aqueduct,_Acueducto_del_Padre_Tembleque,_Tepeyahualco_Aqueduct_2.jpg

Mexico

Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
UNESCO World Heritage site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15924695
Photo: Fernando Flores  / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonnenaufgang_bei_Xochimilco_(UNESCO-Welterbest%C3%A4tte)_in_Mexiko.jpg

Tlaxcala, Mexico

Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl
Human settlement
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141009
Photo: Thelmadatter / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FacadeCatCV2.JPG

Mexico

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Cultural landscape in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2104675
Photo: My friend was the photographer; this image was uploaded under the GFDL with his permission. / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agave_fields_hill.jpg

Mexico

Parish and Ex monastery of All Saints, Zempoala, Hidalgo, Mexico
Church in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93169359
Photo: Carmelita Thierry / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Templo_y_antiguo_convento_de_Todos_los_Santos.JPG

Mexico

Hospicio Cabañas
World Heritage Site in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28416
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Patrick.denizet~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hospicio_Caba%C3%B1as.JPG

Mexico

Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
World Heritage site in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2383410
Photo: Stevemarlett / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hast_Cac%C3%B6la_desde_Socaaix_con_pangas.jpg

Mexico

El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
Biosphere reserve in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3821829
Official site: https://elpinacate.com.mx/
Photo: Richard Waitt, U.S. Geological Survey / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pinacate_volcanic_field.jpg

Mexico

Historic Centre of Morelia
Human settlement in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3848089
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Edgars2k~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CatedralMorelia.jpg

Mexico

Historic Centre of Puebla
Old town in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3848455
Photo: Israel Espinosa López: Zeisseon / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_puebla.jpg

Mexico

Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla
Church in Puebla, Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117179
Photo: Burkhard Mücke / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santo_Domingo_Church_in_Puebla.jpg

Mexico

Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta biosphere reserve
Biosphere reserve in Mexico | designated in 1993. Extended in 1995
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5671143
Official site: https://simec.conanp.gob.mx/ficha.php?anp=2&reg=2
Photo: Manuel Oscar Munguía Romo / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desierto_de_Sonora_y_Golfo_de_California.JPG

Mexico

Casa de la Corregidora
Historic building in Santiago de Querétaro
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5755124
Photo: Microstar / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corregidora1.jpg

Mexico

Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
Human settlement in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5762131
Photo: Comvaser / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bah%C3%ADa_de_Campeche_Cart_Siglo_XVI.jpg

Mexico

Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve
Biosphere reserve in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5853681
Photo: Luistlatoani / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paisaje_en_Texcala,_Puebla,_M%C3%A9xico.JPG

Mexico

Palenque National Park
National park in Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6378098
Photo: Ulises00 / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramica_de_Palenke_Mexico.jpg

Mexico

Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Reserve in Yucatan, Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mexico
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3457136
Photo: Pete Fordham / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calakmul8.jpg