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El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar) is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] managed by the federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the state governments of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.
Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada: Zacatecas: 2001 i, iv (cultural) Chicomostoc-La Quemada is an archaeological site, comprising the remains of a city that was built c. 400-900 CE. It has a large ballcourt, several terraces, an observatory, and a pyramid. [49] Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste: Jalisco: 2001 iii, iv, v, ix, x (mixed)
The World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) of the MAB Programme consists of a dynamic and interactive network of sites. It works to foster the harmonious integration of people and nature for sustainable development through participatory dialogue, knowledge sharing, poverty reduction, human well-being improvements, respect for cultural values and by improving society's ability to cope with ...
Logo of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]
Lima was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 as La Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). Until the middle of the 18th century, it was the most important city in Spanish South America . The architecture and decoration combine the style of both the local population and Europe, such as in the Monastery of San Francisco , which was the site's ...
La Payunia, Campos Volcánicos Llancanelo y Payún Matrú: Mendoza: 2011 vii, viii (natural) This nomination comprises volcanic fields that are geologically extremely young, with the last eruptions taking place less than 10,000 years ago. Therefore, the formations created by the volcanism show only little erosion.
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita: 2017 [104] The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz: 2019 [105] Grand Festival of Tarija 2021 [106] Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí 2023 [107] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmijanje ...