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Calakmul

Mixed World Heritage property in Mexico, inscribed in 2002 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (ix), (x).

Calakmul, Mexico
Photo: Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Mexico
Year of inscription
2002
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iiiiiiivixx
Area of property
3,314 km²
Location
Calakmul Municipality
What it is
archaeological site
Reference
WHC 1061 · Wikidata Q272771

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.(ix)An outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological processes in ecosystems on land, in fresh water or at sea.(x)The most important natural habitats for conserving biological diversity, including threatened species.
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