This is a guest post by our friend Ernesto. He first came to Pernambuco in March of 2007 as a tourist. In January of 2008 he returned and since then has been living in Olinda. He keeps two blogs: a personal one and another that focuses solely on Olinda. His email is nyenye03 at hotmail [...]
In World Heritage Sites we presented a list of all the heritage sites in Brazil, both cultural and natural. Now I want to introduce a website devoted entirely to the World Cultural Heritage Sites found in Brazil: Mankind’s Cultural Heritage in Brazil. The website is run by the Ministry of Tourism and has a version [...]
The list of World Heritage sites drafted by UNESCO includes 11 Brazilian locations under the Cultural Heritage category and 7 under the Natural Heritage one. ———————————————————— A. CULTURAL HERITAGE: 1. Brasilia 2. Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia 3. Historic Centre of São Luís do Maranhão 4. Historic Town of Ouro Preto 5. Sanctuary of [...]
