Brazil landscape garden SitioBurle Marx receives UNESCO World Heritage status

Brazil landscape garden SitioBurle Marx receives UNESCO World Heritage status

• The SitioBurle Marx site, a landscape garden in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. The garden features more than 3,500 species of plants native to Rio and is considered a laboratory for botanical and landscape experimentation.
• The site has been named after Burle Marx, a Brazilian landscape architect whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. The SitioBurle Marx site was his home until 1985.

Published date : 02 May 2022 06:18PM