UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural landscape

The Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico that encompasses vast blue agave fields and historic tequila-producing distilleries that illustrate the region’s long-standing cultural and economic tradition of tequila making.

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Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila 1
UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
area approximately 34,658 hectares ⓘ
associatedIndustry tequila production ⓘ
associatedWith Tequila ⓘ
surface form: tequila (spirit)
bufferZoneArea approximately 51,561 hectares ⓘ
category cultural ⓘ
contains ancient industrial facilities for tequila production ⓘ
blue agave fields ⓘ
historic tequila distilleries ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
criteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
culturalPeriod 16th century to present ⓘ
governedBy Mexican federal heritage protection laws ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
hasLandUse agricultural use ⓘ
industrial use ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
includesTown Amatitán ⓘ
El Arenal ⓘ
Magdalena ⓘ
Tequila, Jalisco ⓘ
surface form: Tequila
inscriptionYear 2006 ⓘ
intangibleHeritageAspect traditional knowledge of agave cultivation and processing ⓘ
landscapeType agricultural landscape ⓘ
industrial heritage landscape ⓘ
linkedTo Denomination of Origin Tequila (DOT) ⓘ
locatedIn Tequila region ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ
surface form: state of Jalisco
locatedOn slopes of the Tequila Volcano ⓘ
mainCrop blue agave (Agave tequilana Weber var. azul) ⓘ
notableFor historic masonry distillery buildings ⓘ
stone ovens and mills used in tequila production ⓘ
traditional jimadores’ agave harvesting practices ⓘ
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage List
recognizedFor continuity of agave cultivation over centuries ⓘ
historic distillation technology ⓘ
integration of agricultural and industrial landscape ⓘ
represents cultural traditions of agave cultivation ⓘ
economic history of tequila industry ⓘ
long-standing tradition of tequila making ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
industrial tourism ⓘ
UNESCORegion Latin America ⓘ
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean

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Jalisco → hasCulturalHeritage → UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila ⓘ
Jalisco, Mexico (via Topeka–Jalisco relationship) → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila ⓘ
subject surface form: Jalisco
this entity surface form: Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila