TEN YEARS OF WORLD HERITAGE: THE ROYAL ROAD FROM INLAND IN AGUASCALIENTES

The year 2020 marked the tenth anniversary of the Declaration of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a recognition granted by UNESCO. Therefore, we celebrate it with the joint effort of three institutions: the UAA, the ICA and the INAH, which joined together to give form and substance to this book. Ten Years of World Heritage. El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro in Aguascalientes reminds us of the relevance of this road, long forgotten, but which today is recalled in each of the pages of this text, as it makes us notice and, of course, understand the foundation, in 1575, of the former Villa de la Asunción (or Ascensión) de las Aguas Calientes. Without this path, it is impossible to understand the prosperity of our state in the present. Undoubtedly, this book contributes to understanding our roots and valuing our environment. Mario Benedetti wrote that forgetfulness is full of memory; may this work serve to not forget the road we have traveled and to retrace a new one that will give us memory until posterity. That is our job: not to forget where we come from and where we are going.