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San Antonio Missions

Cultural World Heritage property in United States, inscribed in 2015 under criterion (ii).

San Antonio Missions, United States
Photo: Liveon001 ©Travis Witt · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
United States
Year of inscription
2015
Criteria
ii
Area of property
301 ha
Location
Texas
What it is
group
Component parts
6 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1466 · Wikidata Q10498483

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, United States653 kmCarlsbad Caverns National ParkUnited States · 1995NaturalPoverty Point, United States766 kmPoverty PointUnited States · 2014CulturalHistoric centre of Zacatecas, Mexico836 kmHistoric centre of ZacatecasMexico · 1993CulturalEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Mexico844 kmEl Camino Real de Tierra AdentroMexico · 2010CulturalFranciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, Mexico909 kmFranciscan Missions in the Sierra GordaMexico · 2003CulturalCasas Grandes, Mexico923 kmCasas GrandesMexico · 1998Cultural
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