The operation of the management committee is a Unesco's requirement for Valongo Wharf to keep its world heritage title. It was created in 2018 and extinguished in 2019.
The title, awarded in Naples in 1997, is said to have stemmed from the city’s diverse urban scene and architecture as well as its history as a Portuguese colonial city.
These are manor houses, townhouses, and other buildings up to four stories high—most of them dating from the 18th and 19th centuries in state capital São Luís.
Last week, in a unanimous decision, the Cultural Heritage Advisory Council of the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (Iphan) declared the traditional matrices of forró as Brazil's Cultural Heritage.
Cultural assets must undergo, every ten years, revalidation processes for the titles of Cultural Heritage. Objective is to assess the effectiveness of support actions.
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