Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Agave field near Tequila, Jalisco
Location	Valles Region, Jalisco
Coordinates	20°51′34″N 103°46′00″W / 20.8595°N 103.7666°W / 20.8595; -103.7666Coordinates: 20°51′34″N 103°46′00″W / 20.8595°N 103.7666°W / 20.8595; -103.7666

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv, v, vi
Designated	2006 (30th session)
Reference no.	1209
State Party	Mexico
Region	Latin America and the Caribbean

The Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico.^[1] The 35,019-hectare site is part of an expansive landscape of blue agave, shaped by the culture of the plant used since the 16th century to produce the spirit known as tequila and for at least two millennia to make fermented drinks (such as pulque) and cloth.^[1] Within the landscape are working distilleries reflecting the growth in the consumption of tequila in the 19th and 20th centuries.^[1] Today, this agave culture is seen as part of Mexican national identity.^[1]

The site includes the living, working agave fields and the urban settlements of Tequila, Magdalena, El Arenal and Amatitan.^[1] The area is also testimony to the Teuchitlan tradition (AD 200-900) which shaped the landscape through the creation of terraces for agriculture, housing, temples, ceremonial mounds and ball courts.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila". UNESCO. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

World Heritage Sites in Mexico

North West	Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California¹ Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

North Central	El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro Historic Centre of Zacatecas Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines Protected town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco

West	Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila Archipiélago de Revillagigedo Historic Centre of Morelia Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California¹ Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve¹

East	Earliest 16th-century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl¹ Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín Historic Centre of Puebla Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan

South West	Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque

South Central	Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System Central University City Campus of the UNAM Earliest 16th-century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl¹ El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Historic Centres of Mexico City and Xochimilco Luis Barragán House and Studio Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve¹ Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacán

South East	Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche Historic Fortified Town of Campeche Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá Sian Ka'an Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal

¹ Shared by more than one region

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