The government of Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, wants to dedicate 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s designation as a World Heritage Site. The reasons for Unesco’s decision can be read at its website: Brasilia, a capital created ex nihilo in the centre of the country in 1956, was a landmark in [...]
On its annual meeting (taking place in Brasilia) Unesco has just approved a new Brazilian addition to the list of world heritage sites: it is the Praça de São Francisco (São Francisco square), in the city of São Cristovão, state of Sergipe. The square was built between the end of the XVI century and the [...]
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 [...]
I visited this week UNESCO’s website to do some research on a future entry for this blog, and found a press release from the institution titled UNESCO confirms that it is not involved in the “New 7 wonders of the world” campaign. The note denies any relationship between UNESCO and the initiative of entrepeneur Bernard [...]
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 [...]
