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| 18th century Spanish-built Alamo fort in San Antonio awarded World Heritage status |
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A couple talks on their mobile phones before entering the Alamo on June 14, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. The Alamo has been awarded world heritage status from UNESCO on July 5, 2015. The Alamo, built as a chapel after 1744, is all that remains from the mission of San Antonio de Valero which was founded in 1718 by the Franciscans and eventually converted into a fortress. The city's most famous landmark played a crucial role in the Texas Revolution with the Battle of the Alamo, a thirteen day seige from February 23 to March 6, 1836, and remains a popular tourist destination. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN.
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BERLIN (AFP).- The 18th century Spanish-built San Antonio Missions in Texas in the United States, including Alamo, were awarded world heritage status by the UN's cultural body on Sunday.
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee approved the listing of the five Spanish Roman Catholic sites built in and around what is now the city of San Antonio, including the Alamo fort, where in 1836 some 180 Texans fighting for independence from Mexico fought to the death against Mexican General Santa Anna's army of several thousand soldiers.
The site comprises architectural and archaeological structures, farmland, residencies, churches and granaries, as well as water distribution systems, UNESCO said.
The complexes "illustrate the Spanish Crown's efforts to colonize, evangelize and defend the northern frontier of New Spain," UNESCO said.
It said the San Antonio Missions were also an example of the interweaving of Spanish and Coahuiltecan cultures, including the decorative elements of churches, which combined Catholic symbols with indigenous designs inspired by nature.
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