By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This past Friday, January 18th, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, Ernesto Ottone Ramírez, along with the President of the International Union of Architects (UIA), Thomas Vonier, and the Municipal Secretary of the City of Rio for Urbanism, Verena Vicentini Andreatta, announced that Rio de Janeiro will be the first ‘World Capital of Architecture’ for 2020.
The event is scheduled to be held between July 19th and July 26th 2020, with an estimated 25,000 people coming to the city to attend the congress and surrounding events.
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