Peru
Historical name
Villa de Santiago de Miraflores de Zaña
Founding Date
29 November 1563
Address
Calle Real N° 435 (Municipalidad Distrital de Zaña/ District Municipality of Zaña)
Phone numbers
(074) 431085
Links to social networks
https://www.facebook.com/Municipalidad-Distrital-de-Za%C3%B1a-538762522877164/
Responsible entity
District Municipality of ZañaManagement plan
These plans have been developed in the District Municipality and cultural institutions such as the Afro-Peruvian Museum of Zaña.
Web link
https://www.facebook.com/Municipalidad-Distrital-de-Za%C3%B1a-538762522877164/
Classification
Human settlement
Category
Inscribed on the World Heritage List
Function-Testimony
Multipurpose
Access level
Free
Current Use
Human settlement
Original use
Human settlement
Property kind
State
Expressions of intangible heritage associated
- The musical practice of “festejo", dance representative of the Peruvian afro-coastal population.
- The “checo”, a percussion instrument made from calabash (whose use in music has been declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, according to Resolution Nº 716-2011, of 5 December 2011).
Declarations
- Declared Memory Site of Slavery and African Cultural Heritage (by UNESCO) September 2017
- Living Repository of Collective Memory (by the Ministry of Culture) June 2015