The Cultural Properties of Mozambique are protected and promoted in accordance with Law 10/88 of 1988 concerning tangible and
intangible
Intangibles or intangible may refer to:
* Intangible asset, an asset class used in accounting
* Intellectual capital, the difference in value between tangible assets (physical and financial) and market value
* Intellectual property, a legal concep ...
properties relating to the cultural heritage of
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
(''bens materiais e imateriais do património cultural moçambicano'').
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.
Cultural Patrimony
Cultural properties classed as ''património cultural'' include the following:
See also
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History of Mozambique
Mozambique was a Portuguese colony, overseas province and later a member state of Portugal. It gained independence from Portugal in 1975.
Pre-colonial history Prehistoric Mozambique
In 2007 Julio Mercader, of the University of Calgary, recovered ...
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Culture of Mozambique
The culture of Mozambique is in large part derived from its history of Bantu, Swahili, and Portuguese rule, and has expanded since independence in 1975. The majority of its inhabitants are black Africans. Its main language is Portuguese. Its medi ...
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List of heritage registers
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
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UNESCO General History of Africa
References
External links
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Select cultural properties*
Select historic sites*
Museums of Mozambique*
Pedro Guedes (2010). Iron in building, 1750 - 1855: Innovation and cultural resistance PhD Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion Classics, The University of Queensland.
Culture of Mozambique
Heritage registers in Mozambique
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