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CulturalRef. 815

Hospicio Cabañas

Cultural World Heritage property in Mexico, inscribed in 1997 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).

Hospicio Cabañas, Mexico
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Mexico
Year of inscription
1997
Criteria
iiiiiiiv
Location
Guadalajara Municipality, Guadalajara
What it is
hospice, former hospital
Founded or built
1810
Reference
WHC 815 · Wikidata Q28416

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.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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