Historical center of the city of Queretaro

The Zone of Querétaro Historic Monuments is a declared World Heritage by UNESCO since 1996. It is located in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. The old colonial city of Santiago de Querétaro is unusual for having next to the original plan of the city with its winding streets, the geometric plane of the Indian cities drawn by the Spanish. The Otomi, Tarascan and Spanish chichimeca lived together peacefully in the city, noted for its baroque ornaments and numerous monuments, civic and religious, was a golden age in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Patio Baroque Art Museum of Querétaro. The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) developed the definitive record request that the historic center of Santiago de Querétaro in the List of Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Through efforts of the governor and the mayor, Queretaro, Mexico presented a list of candidate sites to join the World Heritage Organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). A commission made an assessment visit to the city and took tours of the area of ​​architectural monuments and historical sites. On December 5, 1995, during the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Merida verified, it was decided to register in the city of Queretaro on the List of Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With this designation, the people and government have an obligation to promote, protect, conserve, rehabilitate revalue and Cultural Heritage.

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