The Cultural Properties of Mozambique are protected and promoted in accordance with Law 10/88 of 1988 concerning tangible and intangible properties relating to the cultural heritage of Mozambique (bens materiais e imateriais do património cultural moçambicano).[1][2] 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.[1]
Cultural properties classed as património cultural include the following:[3][4]
Site | Official name | Location | Date | Comments | Coordinates | Designation | Image |
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Casa dos Azulejos | idem | Maputo | first town hall in city from 1901-1947 | Monumento | |||
Palácio da Ponta Vermelha | id. | Maputo | residence of the President | Monumento | |||
Casa de Ferro | id. | Maputo | late C19 | Pre fabricated in Belgium by Société des Forges d’Aiseau to patents by Joseph Danly | Monumento | ||
Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques | Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Maputo | late C18 | Portuguese fortress | Monumento | ||
Pott Building | Prédio Pott | Maputo | in ruins | Monumento | |||
National Press | Imprensa Nacional | Maputo | 1887 | Ngungunyane imprisoned inside | Monumento | ||
Maputo Central Railway Station | Estação Central dos Caminhos de Ferro | Maputo | 1908 | opened in 1910; replacement for that inaugurated by Paul Kruger in 1895 | Monumento | ||
World War I Monument | Monumento da I Guerra Mundial | Maputo | Monumento | ||||
Statue of Eduardo Mondlane | Estátua de Eduardo Mondlane | Maputo | first president of the Mozambican Liberation Front | Monumento | |||
Statue of Samora Machel | Estátua de Samora Moisés Machel | Maputo | president of the Mozambican Liberation Front | Monumento | |||
Mozambican Heroes Square | Praça dos Heróis Moçambicanos | Maputo | dedicated to the heroic figures of the Mozambican War of Independence | Monumento |