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Teotihuacan

Cultural World Heritage property in Mexico, inscribed in 1987 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi).

Teotihuacan, Mexico
Photo: Hdlrosa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Mexico
Year of inscription
1987
Criteria
iiiiiiivvi
Area of property
250 ha
Location
State of Mexico
What it is
archaeological site, historic site
Component parts
5 (serial property)
Visitors a year
1,785,275 (2025) · ranking
Reference
WHC 414 · Wikidata Q172613

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.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Mexico25 kmAqueduct of Padre TemblequeMexico · 2015CulturalHistoric Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco, Mexico43 kmHistoric Centre of Mexico City and XochimilcoMexico · 1987CulturalLuis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico48 kmLuis Barragán House and StudioMexico · 2004CulturalCiudad Universitaria, Mexico54 kmCiudad UniversitariaMexico · 2007CulturalMonasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl, Mexico84 kmMonasteries on the slopes of PopocatépetlMexico · 1994CulturalHistoric Centre of Puebla, Mexico98 kmHistoric Centre of PueblaMexico · 1987Cultural
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