Brazil aims for Unesco title

THE Brazilian government is proposing that Unesco name the city of Rio de Janeiro a World Heritage site.

Brazil aims for Unesco title
Wed, 23 Mar, 2011 - 00:00

The proposal was made by Iphan, the government agency in charge of historic and artistic patrimony.

It asks for official recognition of Rio’s landscape, with its singular combination of cultural and natural attractions.

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