Les roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe
Les roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe is part of the Tentative list of Sao Tome and Principe in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Les roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe are cocoa and coffee plantations from the 19th century. These were exploited by Portuguese and Brazilian planters, and with the use of forced labor. The products were shipped to Europe.
Map of Les roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe
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Community Reviews
Weecheng
I visited Agua-Ize one month ago (June 2024). We saw the beautiful, haunting structures along the EN -2 (main national road) and turned into the Água Izé complex itself. The factory owners of this large plantation-factory complex had apparently abandoned it after the chaos at independence (1975), leaving the complex to decay and fall into ruins. Huge and magnificent even in a ruined, dilapidated condition. That is when problem arose - our car was quickly surrounded by aggressive young people who demanded to be engaged as guides. In any case, we might consider the proposal if we speak Portuguese, but we don't. The whole atmosphere was quite intimidating with some of them demanding that we leave if we didn't agree to accept them as guides. We were passing on our way between the south and Sao Tome city, and did not have much time. So we decided to leave without exploring the roca. That was a pity. If the country is able to police the area, train jobless young roca residents to be proper guides and invest in restoring the area, Roça Água Izé has the potential to be revitalized into a heritage and tourism resort complex, restoring its former grandeur.
Site Info
- Full Name
- Les roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe
- Country
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Added
- 2023
- Nominated for
- 2026
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Human activity - Agriculture
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- By ID
Site History
2023 Added to Tentative List
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