UNESCO declared Central University City Campus of UNAM a World Heritage site


Central University City Campus
of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list for its architectural complex. The campus is regarded by the UN organization as "one of the most outstanding icons of architecture and urbanism in Latin America". More than sixty architects, engineers and artists took part in its creation, accomplishing "a landmark settlement representative of XX Century Modernism" [ELPAIS.com / Clarín]. Images > na/blog

posted on Saturday 30 June 2007