El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (HM1P5R)

Location: Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro 76025 Santiago de Querétaro
Country: Mexico
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N 20° 35.589', W 100° 22.817'

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The Royal Inland Road

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro ha sido inscrito en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial en virtud de la Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial Cultural y Natural. La inscripción en esta Lista consagra el Valor Universal Excepcional del bien que representa el primer itinerario Cultural terrestre trazado por los españoles en América, siendo el Centro Histórico de Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., uno de los 60 sitios que lo conforman.The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro has been inscribed upon the World Heritage List of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Inscription on the List confirms the Outstanding Universal Value of the property that represents the first terrestrial Cultural Route traced by the Spaniards in America, being the Historic Centre of Santiago Querétaro, Qro., one of the 60 sites that compose it.Trigésima Cuarta Reunión del Comité de Patrimonio MundialEstados Parte que aprobaron por unanimidad la inscripción: Australia, Baréin, Barbados, Brasil, Camboya, China, Egipto, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Estonia, Etiopia, Francia, Irak, Jordania, Malí, México, Nigeria, Rusia, Sudáfrica, Suecia, Suiza y Tailandia. Brasilia, Brasil, 1º de agosto de 2010.English translation:The thirty-fourth meeting of the Comittee on Worldwide PatrimonyState members approved by unanimity the inscription: Australia, Bahrein, Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand. Brasilia, Brazil, August 1, 2010.
Nota Histórica
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, también llamado Camino de la Plata, iniciaba su recorrido en la capital novohispano y llegaba hasta Texas y Nuevo Mexico en los Estados Unidos. Utilizado entre los siglos XVI y XIX, servía para transportar la plata extraída de las minas de Zacatecas, Guanajuato y San Luis Potosí, así como el mercurio importado de Europa.A su paso por la ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro, pasaba frente al convento grande de San Francisco, lugar en que se bifurcaba, siguiendo hacia el norte a la ciudad de Zacatecas y, hacia el poniente, a la ciudad de Celaya. English translation:
Historical Note
The Royal Inland Road, also known as the Silver Road, began its journey in the capital of new Spain in Mexico City and ended in Texas and New Mexico in what is now the United States. Used between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, it served for transporting silver extracted from the mines of Zacatecas, Guanajuato and San Luis Potosi south to Mexico City, and for taking mercury imported from Europe north to the mines.As the road passed through the city of Santiago de Querétaro, it made its way in front of the largest convent, San Francisco, where it forked, one part continuing north to the city of Zacatecas and the other to the west, to the city of Celaya.
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HM NumberHM1P5R
Series This marker is part of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro series
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Year Placed2010
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Date Added Sunday, November 8th, 2015 at 9:02pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14Q E 356153 N 2277731
Decimal Degrees20.59315000, -100.38028333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 20° 35.589', W 100° 22.817'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds20° 35' 35.34" N, 100° 22' 49.02" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 41 Ejército Republicano, Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro 76025, MX
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