Friday, August 15, 2014

Azores: Corvo island village will be an eco-Museum

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The Government of the autonomous region of the Azores will transform, from September, the Vila do Corvo a Ecomuseum, aiming to recover the historical centre of the smaller island of the archipelago, as well as to promote it as a tourism destination and promote their identity.

The historic centre of Vila do Corvo-where resides the entire population of the island, about 400 people â€" 1997 was ranked as a "set of public interest". Such classification allows access to a co-financing programme for the rehabilitation of the buildings of the village in 50% to 75%, the Fund lost.

For the Regional Department of education and science of the region, the establishment of the Ecomuseum of the Raven constitutes ' the necessary impetus for the reversal of the current situation of physical degradation of the old urban core, "cites the Lusa.

The development of the rehabilitation project involves the installation of a permanent technical support Office, which will be responsible for the rehabilitation projects of real estate, at no cost to owners, as well as the inventory of heritage and the creation of a network of points of cultural interest.

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