{"id":122554,"date":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/rio-de-janeiro-the-first-urban-cultural-landscape-declared-a-world-heritage-site-by-unesco\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:28:49","slug":"rio-de-janeiro-the-first-urban-cultural-landscape-declared-a-world-heritage-site-by-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/rio-de-janeiro-the-first-urban-cultural-landscape-declared-a-world-heritage-site-by-unesco\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio de Janeiro – “The First Urban Cultural Landscape Declared a World Heritage Site” by UNESCO"},"content":{"rendered":"
On December 13, the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil officially received the title of „the first urban cultural landscape declared a World Heritage Site,” according to UNESCO.<\/div>\n
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Rio’s cultural landscape is composed of the Tijuca National Park on Corcovado Mountain, Copacabana Beach, and the Botanical Garden. Among these sites, the most photographed is the Christ the Redeemer statue, which guards Corcovado Mountain.<\/div>\n
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At the mountain peak, the statue has been exposed to rain, wind, and sun. Around 1.5 million USD is spent annually on its maintenance.<\/div>\n
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The announcement of the urban landscape’s inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list was made as early as 2012, but it became official only after Brazilian authorities prepared a detailed report on the protection plans for Flamengo Park, Sugarloaf and Corcovado Mountains, Copacabana Beach, the Botanical Garden, and the Tijuca Forest.<\/div>\n
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On December 1, UNESCO included the traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship techniques in Romania and the Republic of Moldova in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Romania has also been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity with: ”The C\u0103lu\u0219 Ritual” (2008), ”Doina” (2009), ”Horezu Ceramic Craftsmanship” (2012), ”Men’s Group Colindat in Romania and the Republic of Moldova” (2013), and ”The Lad’s Dance” (2015).<\/div>\n

Source: Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n

What makes Rio de Janeiro’s UNESCO status unique?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rio de Janeiro is the first city in the world to be designated as an “urban cultural landscape” within the UNESCO World Heritage list.<\/p>\n

How much is spent on the maintenance of the Christ the Redeemer statue?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Approximately 1.5 million USD is spent annually to maintain the statue, protecting it from the effects of rain, wind, and sun.<\/p>\n

Which Romanian traditions are recognized by UNESCO?<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNESCO recognizes several Romanian traditions, including wall-carpet craftsmanship, Horezu ceramics, the C\u0103lu\u0219 ritual, and the Lad’s dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On December 13, the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil officially received the title of „the first urban cultural landscape declared a World Heritage Site,” according to UNESCO. Rio’s cultural landscape is composed of the Tijuca National Park on Corcovado Mountain, Copacabana Beach, and the Botanical Garden. Among these sites, the most photographed is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122554"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}