🏛️ Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, also known as the Silver Route, was a Spanish 2,560-kilometre-long (1,590 mi) road between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, that was used from 1598 to 1882. It was the northernmost of the four major "royal roads" that linked Mexico City to its major tributaries during and after the Spanish colonial era.

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Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is a cultural World Heritage site in Mexico, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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