The World Heritage Committee,
1. Inscribes Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Queréetaro, Mexico, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iii):
Criterion (ii): The Sierra Gorda Missions exhibit an important interchange of values in the process of evangelisation of central and northern Mexico, and the western United States.
Criterion (iii): The five Sierra Gorda missions bear witness to the cultural encounter of the European missions with the nomadic populations of central Mexico, remaining a significant testimony to this second phase of evangelisation in North America.The property consists of five separate missions in the State of Queretaro:
Mission | Municipality | Area | Coordinates |
Santiago de Jalpan | Jalpan de Serra | 21.85 ha | N21 12 15.8 W99 27 50.8 |
Santa María del Agua de Landa | Landa de Matamoros | 31.70 ha | N21 10 09.2 W99 18 39.0 |
San Francisco del Valle de Tilaco | Landa de Matamoros | 25.27 ha | N21 09 40.3 W99 11 33.5 |
Nuestra Señora de la Luz de Tancoyol | Jalpan de Serra | 13.54 ha | N21 24 01.5 W99 19 40.9 |
San Miguel Concá | Arroyo Seco | 11.37 ha | N21 26 40.9 W99 38 13.0 |
TOTAL |
| 103.73 ha |
|
2. Encourages the State Party to give special attention to the control of future developments in the region, taking into account sustainable land-use in and around the settlements, and the character of the landscape.