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12:11 CAT | 17 Jul 2024
FILE - National Library of Mozambique. [File photo: Wikimedia Commons]
The 20th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers held last Tuesday (09-07) considered and approved:
- The Decree that classifies the National Library of Mozambique building, located in Bairro Central C, in the City of Maputo, as National Cultural Heritage, Class B and creates its Protection Zone;
- The Decree that classifies the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center building, located in Bairro Central C, in the City of Maputo, as National Cultural Heritage, Class C and creates its Protection Zone;
- The Decree that classifies the Santo António da Polana Church Building, located in the Sommerschield neighbourhood, in the City of Maputo, as National Cultural Heritage, Class B and creates its Protection Zone.
The classification of these buildings on architectural, historical and socio-cultural criteria will safeguard their conservation and preservation as tourist and cultural attractions.
This act ensures in perpetuity their legal and adequate protection, conservation and sustainable management, the maintenance of their integrity, authenticity and the preservation of associated architectural values, while avoiding their destruction or unauthorised alterations, thus ensuring their transmission between current and future generations.
The action finds legal basis in Law No. 10/88 of 22 December, which determines the legal protection of material and immaterial assets of Mozambican Cultural Heritage; Resolution no. 12/2010, of 2 June, which approves the Monuments Policy and Decree no. 55/2016, of 28 November, which approves the regulation on the management of immovable cultural assets.
Source: Ministério da Cultura e Turismo -Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Press Release
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