(Source: US Department of the Interior) WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate a group of five Spanish colonial missions in the San Antonio area - including most of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and the Alamo - as a World Heritage Site. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee agreed to inscribe the missions on the World Heritage List by consensus at its 39th session in Bonn, Germany, this past weekend. "The San Antonio Missions is an extraordinary national and international...
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