Mankind's Cultural Heritage in Brazil

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The title of World Heritage Site is granted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to monuments, buildings, urban areas, and even natural areas of important landscape, that have historical, aesthetic, archeological, scientific, ethnological or anthropological value.

With that, UNESCO aims at not only classifying, but also helping the identification, protection, and preservation of the historical treasures that are considered especially valuable for humanity. Such objective is incorporate in an International treaty called the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, having been approved by UNESCO in 1972.

Check out the list of the Brazilian World Heritage Sites below:

  • The historical town of Ouro Preto (1980)
  • The historical center of Olinda (1982)
  • The ruins of the construction built by Jesuit priests and Guarani Indians in São Miguel das Missions (1983)
  • The historical center of Salvador (1985)
  • The Shrine of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos (Bom Jesus de Matosinhos), in Congonhas (1985)
  • Brasília (Pilot Plan) (1987)
  • The National Park of the Capivara Mountain Ridge (1991)
  • The historical center of São Luís (1997)
  • The historical center of Diamantina (1999)
  • Historical Center of the Town of Goiás (2001)

The List of the World Heritage Sites currently has 830 sites, located in 138 countries, which are considered to have exceptional universal value. Among those, 644 are Cultural Treasures, 162 are Natural Treasures, and 24 are mixed ones.

Brazil adhered to the World Heritage Convention in September of 1977 and currently has 17 sites included in the List of the World Heritage Sites, ten of which are Cultural Treasures and seven of them are Natural Ones.

The full list of the World Heritage Sites can be found at:http://www.unesco.org.br/areas/cultura/areastematicas/patrimonio/patrimoniomundial/copy6_of_index_html/mostra_documento

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The natural attractions of Brazil are as dazzling as the Brazilian culture. Since 1986, Brazil has already had seven places included in the list of the Natural Treasures of Humanity: The National Park of Iguaçu; the Atlantic Forest: The Reservations of the Southeast; the Discovery Coast: Reservations of the Atlantic Forest; the Complex of Preservation of the Central Amazonian Area; The Preservation Area of the Pantanal (Swampland); Protected Areas of the Cerrado (Brazilian Savannah): Veadeiros Plateau and the Emas’ National Park (National Park of the Emuses); and the Brazilian Atlantic Islands: The Reservations of Fernando de Noronha and the Rocas’ Atoll (Atol das Rocas).

It is worth informing that the classification as a Natural Treasure of Humanity refers to the exceptional physical, biological, and geological formations; habitats of endangered animal species and vegetables species, and areas that have scientific, conservational, or aesthetic value.

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