terça-feira, 8 de maio de 2012

Cidade Velha (Cabo Verde) - Património Mundial da Humanidade (UNESCO, 2009)


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«Álvaro Siza Vieira, a famous visionary Portuguese architect, is called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and architectonic heritage of Cidade Velha (Old Village) in Santiago, one of the African islands of Cape Verde. This project creates great expectations among the local population, who envisages it as a way of improving their quality of life. The film explores the relationship and the conflict between these two worlds, two cultures, with different ideas of what modernity and progress mean.»

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Reportagem sobre a visita do arquitecto Álvaro Siza Vieira e dos ministros da Cultura de Portugal e de Cabo Verde à Cidade Velha.