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Shrines & Sacred Groves in Mexico

3 notable sites ranked among the world's top 100

3 Sites#7 Highest Rank

📍 Mexico City, Mexico🕐 Built: 1974–1976 (modern)

The most visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world with 10–12 million visitors annually. Houses the miraculous tilma image of the Virgin.

Most visited Catholic pilgrimage site (12M/year).

#44

📍 Teotihuacan, Mexico🕐 Built: 200 CE

The Pyramid of the Sun — the third-largest pyramid in the world at 65 meters high. Built over a sacred cave, the city once housed 125,000 people.

UNESCO World Heritage, third-largest pyramid in the world.

#77

📍 Yucatán, Mexico🕐 Built: 600 CE

A Maya pyramid that creates a shadow-serpent on the equinoxes as the sun descends the staircase — an ancient astronomical monument.

UNESCO World Heritage, equinox serpent shadow effect.