Historical center of Morelia
Historical colonial city in a beautiful setting with numerous impressive Baroque style buildings.
San Miguel de Allende
Historic town with beautiful Mexican Baroque architecture. The town was founded to guard the route to Mexico.
Historical center of México
Unique urban monument uniting prehistoric Aztec architecture with lush Spanish colonial architecture. Zocalo in the center of the city is the second-largest urban plaza in the world after Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
Guanajuato
A beautiful colonial city with numerous impressive buildings in Mexican Baroque style. Many historical streets are under the ground.
Mexcaltitán
Unique monument of urban planning – man-made island city in shallow lagoon with central, radial planning, resembling a giant wheel in plan. At high water the streets in the town turn into channels.
Xochimilco
Unique monument of urban planning inherited from Aztec times. Here has been preserved the network of ancient channels with chinampas – island gardens. Channels are traveled by special boats – trajineras. Channels and islands contain endemic plants and animals including unique salamander – axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
Tula (Mexico)
The largest ancient city in central Mexico in the 9th – 10th centuries AD. Capital of Toltecs at 980 AD, destroyed sometimes in 1168 – 1179. Nowadays preserved complexes of ceremonial buildings in two sites including pyramids, famous columns in the form of Toltec warriors.
Xochicalco
Remnants of a fortified city – an important urban center in 700 – 900 AD. Contains large structures entirely covered with sculptural work of exceptional quality. Observatory in a painted and frescoed cave.
El Tajin, Mexico
One of the most important ancient cities of Mesoamerica. Flourished in 600 – 1200 AD, inhabited by people of diverse nationalities. Impressive monuments are Pyramid of the Niches, Building 5 (also a pyramid) and other pyramid-shaped temples.
Cantona
Remnants of a heavily fortified ancient Mesoamerican city from 600 – 1000 AD. Unusual due to a high concentration of ballcourts – 24 found so far. All structures here have been built without any mortar.
