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CulturalRef. 714

Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco

Cultural World Heritage property in Mexico, inscribed in 1993 under criteria (i), (iii).

Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco, Mexico
Photo: Netzai · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of TequilaAqueduct of Padre TemblequeCarlsbad Caverns National ParkCasas GrandesChaco Culture World Heritage SiteCiudad UniversitariaEl Camino Real de Tierra AdentroEl Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere ReserveFranciscan Missions in the Sierra GordaGrand Canyon National ParkHistoric Centre of Mexico City and XochimilcoHistoric Centre of MoreliaHistoric Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte AlbánHistoric Centre of PueblaHistoric centre of ZacatecasHistoric Monuments Zone of QuerétaroHospicio CabañasHuichol route to HuiricutaIslands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of CaliforniaLuis Barragán House and StudioMesa Verde National ParkMonarch Butterfly Biosphere ReserveMonasteries on the slopes of PopocatépetlPalenquePoverty PointPrehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of OaxacaProtective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de AtotonilcoRedwood National and State ParksRevillagigedo IslandsRock Paintings of Sierra de San FranciscoSan Antonio MissionsTajín VeracruzTakalik AbajTaos PuebloTehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere ReserveTeotihuacanTlacotalpanXochicalcoYosemite National Park27.656° N, 112.916° W
State Party
Mexico
Year of inscription
1993
Criteria
iiii
Area of property
1,826 km²
Location
Baja California Sur
What it is
painting series, petroglyphic site
Reference
WHC 714 · Wikidata Q552005

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico123 kmIslands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of CaliforniaMexico · 2005NaturalEl Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, Mexico493 kmEl Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere ReserveMexico · 2013NaturalCasas Grandes, Mexico569 kmCasas GrandesMexico · 1998CulturalGrand Canyon National Park, United States937 kmGrand Canyon National ParkUnited States · 1979NaturalCarlsbad Caverns National Park, United States958 kmCarlsbad Caverns National ParkUnited States · 1995NaturalRevillagigedo Islands, Mexico982 kmRevillagigedo IslandsMexico · 2016Natural
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