Cultural Properties of Mozambique

The Cultural Properties of Mozambique are protected and promoted in accordance with Law 10/88 of 1988 concerning tangible and intangible properties relating to the cultural heritage of Mozambique (bens materiais e imateriais do património cultural moçambicano).[1][2] Article 3 defines eight classes of movable cultural properties and four classes of immovable cultural properties: monuments (monumentos), groups of buildings (conjuntos os grupos de edifícios), sites (locais ou sitios), and natural elements (elementos naturais); those classed as património cultural are of exceptional significance and are afforded special state protection.[1]

Cultural Patrimony

Cultural properties classed as património cultural include the following:[3][4]

Site Official name Location Date Comments Coordinates Designation Image
Casa dos AzulejosidemMaputofirst town hall in city from 1901-1947Monumento
Palácio da Ponta Vermelhaid.Maputoresidence of the PresidentMonumento
Casa de Ferroid.Maputolate C19Pre fabricated in Belgium by Société des Forges d’Aiseau to patents by Joseph DanlyMonumento
Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceiçãoid.Maputolate C18Portuguese fortressMonumento
Pott BuildingPrédio PottMaputoin ruinsMonumento
National PressImprensa NacionalMaputo1887Ngungunyane imprisoned insideMonumento
Central Railway StationEstação Central dos Caminhos de FerroMaputo1908opened in 1910; replacement for that inaugurated by Paul Kruger in 1895Monumento
World War I MonumentMonumento da I Guerra MundialMaputoMonumento
Statue of Eduardo MondlaneEstátua de Eduardo MondlaneMaputofirst president of the Mozambican Liberation FrontMonumento
Statue of Samora Moisés MachelEstátua de Samora Moisés MachelMaputopresident of the Mozambican Liberation FrontMonumento
Mozambican Heroes SquarePraça dos Heróis MoçambicanosMaputodedicated to the heroic figures of the Mozambican War of IndependenceMonumento

See also

References
  1. "Lei no. 10/88" [Law no 10/88] (PDF) (in Portuguese). UNESCO. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. "Portal de Legislação Ambiental de Moçambique" [Portal of Environmental Legislation of Mozambique] (in Portuguese). Ministry of Coordination of Environmental Affairs. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. "Patrimónios Culturais" [Items of Cultural Patrimony] (in Portuguese). Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. "Alguns Locais Historicos do Património Cultural Moçambicano" [Some Historic Sites of Mozambique's Cultural Patrimony] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2012.


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