Popocatepetl Monasteries
Also known as Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl, Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatepetl, Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl, Premiers monasteres du XVIe siecle sur les versants du Popocatepetl
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
1994
Area
22 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Popocatepetl Monasteries is about 35 km east of Cuernavaca. The nearest other World Heritage site is Xochicalco, about 45 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Cuernavaca · about 834,000 peopleabout 35 km west
- Atlixco · about 98,000 peopleabout 45 km east
- Nezahualcoyotl · about 1,109,000 peopleabout 55 km north
- Mexico City · about 19,028,000 peopleabout 60 km north-west
- Puebla · about 2,195,000 peopleabout 75 km east
- Tlaxcala · about 504,000 peopleabout 80 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MexicoCultural44 km away
MexicoCultural54 km away
MexicoCultural59 km away
MexicoCultural61 km away
MexicoCultural74 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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