A cathedral and monastery in Mexico where some of the first Franciscan missionaries to New Spain converted indigenous people to Christianity was on July 27 listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

The city of Tlaxcala brings a new world heritage site to Mexico, with UNESCO recently recognizing the Ex-Convent of San Francisco, a gem of Spanish colonial architecture. This important designation ...

Fourteen of the early 16th century monasteries were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994, but the Tlaxcala complex was omitted at the time, despite its historical importance.