(Source: City of San Antonio, TX) Communications and Public Affairs: 207-7234 Published on Saturday, October 17, 2015 SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 17, 2015) - The nine years of work to have San Antonio's five Spanish Colonial Missions and the Rancho de las Cabras inscribed as a World Heritage site culminated today with an elaborate ceremony at the 'Queen of the Missions,' Mission San José. Dignitaries from around the world plus thousands of people from the San Antonio area gathered at the historic site to celebrate the official World Heritage designation. The Missions were approved as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on July 5 in...
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