World Heritage Identification Number: 714
World Heritage since: 1993
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇲🇽 Mexico
Continent: Americas
UNESCO World Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
The Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco, located within the El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, Mexico, stand as a testament to the rich cultural heritage of a vanished civilization. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, these remarkable rock artworks offer insights into the lives, beliefs, and artistic traditions of the ancient inhabitants who once called this remote region home.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
From c. 100 B.C. to A.D. 1300, the Sierra de San Francisco (in the El Vizcaino reserve, in Baja California) was home to a people who have now disappeared but who left one of the most outstanding collections of rock paintings in the world. They are remarkably well-preserved because of the dry climate and the inaccessibility of the site. Showing human figures and many animal species and illustrating the relationship between humans and their environment, the paintings reveal a highly sophisticated culture. Their composition and size, as well as the precision of the outlines and the variety of colours, but especially the number of sites, make this an impressive testimony to a unique artistic tradition.
Encyclopedia Record: Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
The Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco are prehistoric rock art pictographs found in the Sierra de San Francisco mountain range in Mulegé Municipality of the northern region of Baja California Sur state, in Mexico.Additional Site Details
Area: 182,600 hectares
(iii) — Unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition
Coordinates: 27.626963 , -113.020427
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