MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產
The article argues that the "Historic Centre of Macau" should be understood as the historical result of prolonged contact between East and West, initiated by the Portuguese maritime presence in the mid-sixteenth century and consolidated by nearly five centuries of commercial and cultural interaction...
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
July 2005
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| description | The article argues that the "Historic Centre of Macau" should be understood as the historical result of prolonged contact between East and West, initiated by the Portuguese maritime presence in the mid-sixteenth century and consolidated by nearly five centuries of commercial and cultural interaction. It contends that Macau's strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River, within a context of intense maritime trade networks, facilitated the circulation of people and knowledge, enabling the accumulation of material and immaterial influences from multiple traditions. The analysis emphasises Macau's role as a gateway for the West to China and as an international window for Ming China, in a process associated with the relaxation of trade restrictions and a cultural openness that reconfigured economic and social practices. Methodologically, the text organises the heritage argument through the articulation between the historical function of the port and urban evidence, identifying the network of streets and squares and the succession of more than twenty monuments and architectural typologies that materialise cultural fusion. It concludes that the inscription of the Historic Centre on the UNESCO World Heritage List (2005) precisely recognises that mutual tolerance and that exceptional legacy of cultural exchange. |
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| spelling | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 The article argues that the "Historic Centre of Macau" should be understood as the historical result of prolonged contact between East and West, initiated by the Portuguese maritime presence in the mid-sixteenth century and consolidated by nearly five centuries of commercial and cultural interaction. It contends that Macau's strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River, within a context of intense maritime trade networks, facilitated the circulation of people and knowledge, enabling the accumulation of material and immaterial influences from multiple traditions. The analysis emphasises Macau's role as a gateway for the West to China and as an international window for Ming China, in a process associated with the relaxation of trade restrictions and a cultural openness that reconfigured economic and social practices. Methodologically, the text organises the heritage argument through the articulation between the historical function of the port and urban evidence, identifying the network of streets and squares and the succession of more than twenty monuments and architectural typologies that materialise cultural fusion. It concludes that the inscription of the Historic Centre on the UNESCO World Heritage List (2005) precisely recognises that mutual tolerance and that exceptional legacy of cultural exchange. Instituto Cultural de Macau Macau Review of Culture Articles July 2005 |
| spellingShingle | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title_autocomplete | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title_full | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title_fullStr | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title_full_unstemmed | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title_short | MACAU PATRIMÓNIO MUNDIAL MACAO WORLD HERITAGE澳門世界遺產 |
| title_sort | macau património mundial macao world heritage澳門世界遺產 |
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