Historic Centre of Morelia
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
1991
Area
390 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic Centre of Morelia is in Morelia. The nearest other World Heritage site is Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, about 100 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Morelia · about 644,000 peopleabout 3 km north
- Ciudad Hidalgo · about 64,000 peopleabout 65 km east
- Salamanca · about 198,000 peopleabout 95 km north
- Uruapan · about 265,000 peopleabout 100 km west
- Celaya · about 384,000 peopleabout 100 km north-east
- Irapuato · about 340,000 peopleabout 110 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MexicoNatural99 km away
MexicoCultural130 km away
MexicoCultural143 km away
MexicoCultural211 km away
MexicoCultural213 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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