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Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (Mexico)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
8C.26
Date
Jun 29, 2003
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
27e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Inscribes Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Queréetaro, Mexico, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iii):

Criterion (ii): The Sierra Gorda Missions exhibit an important interchange of values in the process of evangelisation of central and northern Mexico, and the western United States.

Criterion (iii): The five Sierra Gorda missions bear witness to the cultural encounter of the European missions with the nomadic populations of central Mexico, remaining a significant testimony to this second phase of evangelisation in North America.

The property consists of five separate missions in the State of Queretaro:

Mission

Municipality

Area

Coordinates

Santiago de Jalpan

Jalpan de Serra

21.85 ha

N21 12 15.8

W99 27 50.8

Santa María del Agua de Landa

Landa de Matamoros

31.70 ha

N21 10 09.2

W99 18 39.0

San Francisco del Valle de Tilaco

Landa de Matamoros

25.27 ha

N21 09 40.3

W99 11 33.5

Nuestra Señora de la Luz de Tancoyol

Jalpan de Serra

13.54 ha

N21 24 01.5

W99 19 40.9

San Miguel Concá

Arroyo Seco

11.37 ha

N21 26 40.9

W99 38 13.0

TOTAL

 

103.73 ha

 

2. Encourages the State Party to give special attention to the control of future developments in the region, taking into account sustainable land-use in and around the settlements, and the character of the landscape.