Brief summaryThe Historic Centre of Morelia is located in central Mexico, at the foot of the Sierra Madre Occidental and near the agricultural valley of Morelia-Querendaro. IntegrityThe original model of urban development, which is one of the universal values of the Historic Centre of Morelia has been maintained. Protection and management measuresThe protection of the Historic Centre of Morelia is ensured by a set of laws, decrees and regulations. Since 2005, the Council of Cultural Sites of the Historic Centre of Morelia has been established and the Historic Centre Urban Development Programme (approved in 2001) has been updated. In 2001, the Catalogue of Historic Monuments of Morelia inventoried 1700 buildings of historical and artistic value in the Historic Centre of Morelia (area of historic monuments) and the buffer zone.