Created 21-Aug-09
Modified 23-Jun-12
In 2007 the National University in Mexico (UNAM) was elected by the UNESCO as a World heritage site thanks to its great architectural value.
Buildings include the Rector Tower which boasts exterior murals by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siquieros, the Library, the Medicine and Engineering Faculties and the Olympic Stadium which was constructed in 1956 and hosted the Olympic Games in 1968.
Designed by the Mexican architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, the University Campus architectural features and urban plan remain a vivid expression of the post-modernist revolutionary ideas of the twentieth century and its harmonious blend with the pre-colonial Mexican traditions. More than sixty engineers, architects and artists worked together to create such an example of an excellent relationship between art and architecture. Amongst them were two of the greatest figures in the Latin-American muralist movement: David Alfaro Siquieros and Diego Rivera.
UNAM is the second architectural site of the modern era designated world heritage by UNESCO. In 2004 the studio and home of architect Luis Barragan was registered as a World Heritage Site. The studio was built in 1948 in a Tacubaya neighborhood
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