Mexico - Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence

 Memorial sites are specific places with convincing architectural and/or archaeological evidence that are linked to a memorial aspect of material and intangible values that demonstrate the outstanding universal value of the site and are associated with the interpretation of its significance, which is presented here in the elementary and multidimensional narrative that embraces the historical past of the place and its current values for a perspective of dialogue in the field of peace. Memory sites are places with architectural and/or archaeological evidence that are linked  to material and Intangible values, that show the site´s extraordinary value and that are associated to the interpretation of its meaning, to the historical past of the place and its current values.

Taking into account that the attribution of values to heritage sites, whether cultural or natural, is based on the conviction that these values are associated with a particular place, and that these have acquired historical, social or cultural importance for their communities, due to the events that took place there in the past, is that the postulation of Patzcuaro has been considered as a site of humanistic memory and cultural confluence. In order to avoid and/or anticipate significant changes in the interpretation and conservation of the historic place, the authorities of the governments of the state of Michoacán and the municipal government of Patzcuaro intend to contribute so that the community of the site fully understands the importance of preserving this property and its associated attributes, as an exceptional place of architectural and landscape evidence, which are fully linked to its historical, social and cultural memory.