Mexico tops the Americas in UNESCO’s World Heritage List The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) was founded in 1945 with the aim of contributing peace
and security to the world through education, science, culture
and communications. The Convention concerning the Protection of
the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was founded in 1972
merging from two separate movements, the first focusing on the
preservation of cultural sites, and the other dealing with the
conservation of nature. Every year the UNESCO publishes the
World Heritage List, which lists objects (such as a forest,
mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city)
that is listed by UNESCO as of special cultural or physical
significance. The list is a catalogue of sites of outstanding
cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of
humanity. In the 2010 classification, Mexico is ranked on top
six along with Spain, France, Italy, Germany and China out of
the 148 countries participating in th