8 Lesser-Known UNESCO Sites You Shouldn't Miss
Sunday, February 4, 2024
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, located about 13 miles from St. Louis, was once the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. | | |  | | Illinois |
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| At its peak around 1150 CE, the population at the settlement site was about 20,000 people, larger than the city of London at the time. According to UNESCO, the site is a "pre-eminent example of the cultural, religious, and economic center of Mississippian culture." The biggest mound is Monks Mound, which is also the largest prehistoric earthen structure in the Americas. It stands about 100 feet tall and covers nearly 15 acres. The onsite interpretive center offers a look at what life would have been like in the Cahokia Mounds settlement. |
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