Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco World Heritage Site

Official name
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco | UNESCO
Country
Mexico | Map
Continent
North America
Location
State: Lower California Sud Municipality
27.6555° Lat, -112.9161° Lon | Map
Code
714
Time Zone
America/Mexico_City (CST, -0600)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1993. 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.