Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

Blue agave stripes the land between the Tequila Volcano and the canyon of the Rio Grande river in Jalisco — a working landscape of 34,658 hectares where the plant has been harvested for fermented drinks and fibre for some 2,000 years, and distilled into tequila since the 16th century. Old distilleries in Tequila, Arenal and Amatitán chart the spirit's global rise, while agricultural terraces and ceremonial mounds recall the Teuchitlan cultures of AD 200–900. UNESCO inscribed the landscape in 2006.