UNESCO World Heritage Site of Monte Albán

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archaeological site pre-Columbian city

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological complex in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned for its monumental plazas, pyramids, and observatory structures that once formed the political and ceremonial heart of a major Mesoamerican city.

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Label Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Monte Albán canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
pre-Columbian city ⓘ
abandonmentPeriod late Classic to early Postclassic period ⓘ
associatedPeople Mixtecs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotecs NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionBegan around 500 BCE ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalRegion Zapotec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Zapotec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation about 1940 metres above sea level ⓘ
function ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
hasStructure Building J NERFINISHED ⓘ
Main Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
ballcourt ⓘ
palatial complexes ⓘ
platforms and terraces ⓘ
pyramidal mounds ⓘ
heritageCategory cultural ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
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heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Danzantes reliefs NERFINISHED ⓘ
ballcourts ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
monumental plazas ⓘ
observatory structures ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
laterCulture Mixtec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Mexico ⓘ
Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oaxaca state NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorDevelopmentPeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
management Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity Oaxaca City NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialName Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Valley of Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPeriod c. 200–800 CE ⓘ
region Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear 1987 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 415 ⓘ

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Building J → heritageSite → UNESCO World Heritage Site of Monte Albán ⓘ