At its 92nd session in Lanzarote (Canary Islands), the Historical Heritage Council, convened by the Ministry of Culture and Sport, reached these agreements.
As reported by the Council, it was taken into account that the zarzuela is a lyrical genre of Spanish origin, born in the 17th century as a court show and after an intense development, has reached the present.
Passed down from generation to generation, it became an identity of Spanish culture due to its versatility in collecting different content and styles of music.
In addition, its expansion throughout the Hispanic world, with a very important specific production, makes it a witness to the diversity of peoples that make up the heritage of Hispanicity, argued the entity that met in Lanzarote.
According to the Ministry of Culture, it was also taken into account that the traditional Jacobean reception is one of the essential values of this phenomenon and is responsible for its exceptional survival from the beginning of the 9th century to the present day.
It represents the highest expression of hospitality that hosts other manifestations
historically important since the legal protection of the pilgrim due to their condition and as a heritage element constitutes the intangible component of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
The source indicated that Spain currently has 49 entries on the UNESCO World Heritage List, 19 items on the Representative List of Intangible Heritage and four on the Property Register
Practices of the Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
In addition, six records of best practices in the field of underwater cultural heritage. This Friday, the Council will analyze the development of the current candidacies for the World Heritage Committee 2022-2023.
It is expected that Unesco will assess Talayotic Menorca’s candidacy for inclusion on the World Heritage List at a meeting next September.
In another line, the European Heritage Label, a program that certifies those enclaves or manifestations of particular importance and relevance, Spain participates in the first transnational act presented this year.
They are the sites of peace, thanks to the town of Alcañices (Zamora), where the homonymous treaty was signed, an agreement of concord that strengthened the borders between Portugal and Castile, one of the most solid and oldest in all of Europe.
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