Monumentos e Sítios

Its occupation began in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, at the end of the 16th century, this being the first population cluster on the island of Santo Antão. At the moment, about 350 households reside within the PNCPRT.

Since its occupation, a strong interaction between man and the physical environment has developed within the PNCPRT, conditioned by the pronounced orography, with steep and protruding mountains, forcing man to adapt with ingenuity and thus forging a peculiar landscape that represents a perfect symbiosis between man, nature and sustainable development. As an example, the construction of traditional houses, soil protection systems, irrigation infrastructures, and side paths are mentioned. Associated with these material aspects of the park is a strong intangible component expressed in traditional know-how and in collective memory, namely, in handicrafts made with local raw materials (sisal, reeds), in the transformation of agricultural products, mainly, grogue production, making goat cheese, liqueurs and sweets, traditional tales, work songs, traditional medicine using endemic and medicinal herbs. This set of values transmitted from generation to generation in a sociocultural balance has allowed the conservation of the landscape's identity.

With regard to natural heritage, the PNCPRT has one of the most significant centers of biodiversity in Cabo Verde, with a cluster of considerable endemism and the occurrence of in situ conservation.

The PNCPRT was inscribed on Cabo Verde's Tentative List, based on the following criteria (v), (vii) and (x).