Zona de Monumentos Históricos

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Zona de Monumentos Históricos is the UNESCO-recognized historic district of Santiago de Querétaro in central Mexico, noted for its well-preserved colonial architecture and urban layout.

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Zona de Monumentos Históricos canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
contains Casa de la Corregidora
Plaza de Armas de Querétaro
Querétaro Aqueduct
Templo de San Francisco de Asís (Querétaro)
Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbo
Templo de la Santa Cruz (Querétaro)
arcaded streets and mansions
historic plazas and gardens
numerous 17th-century churches
numerous 18th-century palaces
country Mexico
governingBody municipality of Querétaro
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageType cultural
inscriptionYear 1996
knownFor baroque religious architecture
civil colonial architecture
historic urban layout
well-preserved colonial architecture
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Santiago de Querétaro
linked to: Querétaro City

central Mexico
linked to: Central Mexico

state of Querétaro
linked to: Querétaro
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time
linked to: Central Time Zone
mainReligionHistorical Roman Catholicism
officialName_en Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
officialName_es Zona de Monumentos Históricos de Querétaro
partOf Camino Real de Tierra Adentro historical route (contextual influence)
historic center of Santiago de Querétaro
periodOfSignificance 16th century
17th century
18th century
protectionStatus federal protection as historical monuments zone
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
UNESCO
significance example of Spanish colonial town planning in the Americas
testimony to multi-ethnic town founded by Otomí, Tarasco, Chichimeca and Spanish populations
tourismType cultural tourism destination
UNESCOCriteria (ii)
(iv)
UNESCORegion Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 791
urbanPlan checkerboard layout
integration of indigenous and Spanish urban patterns

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historic center of Santiago de Querétaro heritageDesignation Zona de Monumentos Históricos
Centro Histórico de San Luis Potosí heritageDesignation Zona de Monumentos Históricos