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The historical
quarter of Camagüey
(Cuba), the Mexican
Biosphere Reserves of
the Monarch Butterfly
and the Protecting Villa
of San Miguel el Grande,
also in Mexico, were
registered as World
Heritage Sites by
UNESCO.
According to the press
office of the United
Nations Education,
Science and Culture
Organization (UNESCO)
these three locations
and 10 more from
different countries were
included in the list.
The information released
this Tuesday to Prensa
Latina stresses that
Camagüey's nomination is
based on the fact this
was one of the first
seven villages founded
by the Spanish
colonizers in Cuba.
Founded in 1528, this
provincial capital
developed from an
irregular urban diagram
of plazas, small
squares, winding streets
and irregular blocks,
very uncommon to
colonial cities in Latin
American prairies.
"The historical quarter
of Camagüey has 54
hectares and an
exceptional example of a
traditional urban
settlement relatively
isolated from main
commercial routes",
added UNESCO.
In Camagüey, buildings
are mainly neoclassic,
eclectic, neo-colonial
and Art Déco. There is
also some Art Nouveau
and rationalism found in
the city edifications.
The Biosphere Reserve of
the Monarch Butterfly
(Mexico) covers an area
of 56,259 hectares
surrounded by mountains
full of vegetation some
100 kilometres northeast
Mexico City.
The Protecting Villa of
San Miguel el Grande,
Jesus of Nazareth
Sanctuary in Atotonilco,
also in Mexico, was
founded in the 16th
century to protect the
inland highway and in
the 18th century,
several religious and
civil Mexican baroque
buildings were erected
there.
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