Data for CPLP Countries (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries): cultural and natural sites classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site; Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity; List of Intangible Cultural Heritage that Needs Urgent Safeguarding; Register of Good Safeguard Practices.

Map of Heritage classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site (2010) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

Map locations in Portuguese-speaking countries, where Unesco classified heritage exists.

World Heritage List (2020) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

Location of cultural and natural sites classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in the CPLP Countries (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries)

UNESCO Brazil Heritage (2020) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

The Heritage classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in Brazil.

Heritage classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site (2020) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

The Heritage classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Portugal

Intangible Cultural Heritage (2020) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity:

The Heritage classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Portugal

The Mediterranean diet (2013) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

The Mediterranean diet is a set of skills, knowledge, practices and traditions related to human food.

Bread, olive oil and wine are the trilogy of Mediterranean food culture, but other products are equally important.

Registered in 2013 (8.COM) in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as proposed by Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Italy, Morocco and Portugal.

Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order (2011) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

The Enawene Nawe people who live in the southern Amazon rainforest perform the Yaokwa ritual every year during the seven-month dry season to honor the Yakairiti spirits and ensure cosmic and social order.

UNESCO: Inscribed in 2011 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage that Needs Urgent Safeguarding

Fandango's Living Museum (2011) by UNESCO -World Heritage ListObservatory of the Portuguese Language

Live Fandango Museum.

Fandango is a popular expression of music and dance in coastal communities in southern and southeastern Brazil. Fandango songs are called fashions and are played with handcrafted instruments - viola, violin and drums.

Registered in 2011 in the Register of Good Safeguard Practices.

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- UNESCO's World Heritage
- LUSA, Portuguese News Agency

Author: Francisco Nuno Ramos, Observatory of the Portuguese Language

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