Three more sites in Mexico added to Unesco's World Heritage list
Three more sites in Mexico added to Unesco's World Heritage list
Three more sites in Mexico have been added to the Unesco World Heritage List, bringing the country's total to 29, more than any other country in South America.
The three new sites added to the
Unesco World Heritage List in
Mexico, according to The Observer, are the city of
San Miguel de Allende, the Jesus Nazareno de Atotonilco Sanctuary and the Monarca Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
276km north-west of Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende has been added as an example of colonial baroque architecture, while the
Jesus Nazareno de Atotonilco Sanctuary boasts an 18th century chapel with outstanding wall paintings. The Monarca Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is spread over 56,000 hectares of forest and provides a vital wintering habitat for the Monarch butterfly.
According to asiatraveltips.com, "millions, perhaps a billion" of butterflies return to the
Monarca Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, "colouring its trees orange and literally bending their branches under their collective weight". The butterflies begin an eight-month migration in spring, travelling all the way to eastern
Canada and back. During this time four successive generations are born and die; how the newest generation find its way back to the Monarca reserve, about 100km north-west of Mexico City, is a mystery.
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28 July 2008
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