A importância das zonas de protecção na cidade de Maputo: monumentos aos mortos da I guerra mundial e a Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

The present work entitled ʺThe Importance of the Maputo City Protection Zone: Monuments to the Dead of World War I and Eduardo Mondlaneʺ aims to promote the preservation and enhancement of the built heritage, in harmony with the other activities around it. This study uses technical-normative mechanisms, as well as heritage education, for the preservation and enhancement of the built heritage in the city of Maputo. The Baixa area, in particular, is considered the embryo of the modern city of Maputo, where there are also the greatest number of emblematic monuments. The work is a reading of the state of conservation of the emblematic monuments of Maputo City and analyzes the legal concept of a protection zone having as concrete examples the Monuments to the Dead of World War I and Eduardo Mobadlane. The study emphasizes the importance of heritage education for cultural identity and Mozambicans' sense of citizenship, using the monuments(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)