UNESCO recognizes Amazon theaters as World Cultural Heritage Sites

The Theatro da Paz and the Teatro Amazonas have been designated World Cultural Heritage Sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The joint nomination was approved early Monday morning (Jul. 27). Opened in the late 19th century, when the Amazon region was experiencing intense economic development driven by latex extraction and the rubber trade, the two theaters feature structures built with European materials and share similar cultural purposes,…