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Architecture of Cape Verde

Index Architecture of Cape Verde

The Architecture of Cape Verde has different architectural styles in the nation. [1]

73 relations: Achada Furna, Amílcar Cabral International Airport, Aristides Pereira International Airport, Assomada, Avenida Andrade Corvo, Banco Comercial do Atlântico, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Bank of Cape Verde, Barragem de Poilão, Calheta de São Miguel, Capture of Santiago (1585), Cassard expedition, Centro Nacional de Artesanato, Chã das Caldeiras, Cidade do Maio, Cidade Velha, Claridade, Cova Figueira, Electra (company), Estádio Marcelo Leitão, Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Estádio Municipal Arsénio Ramos, Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo, Fajã de Água, Farol da Ponta do Sinó, Farol da Ponta Norte, Farol de D. Amélia, Farol de D. Maria Pia, Farol de Fontes Pereira de Melo, Farol de Pedra de Lume, Fort Real de São Filipe, Fortim d'El-Rei, Funco (architecture), Gamboa, Praia, Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, João da Mata Chapuzet, Loja (architecture), Manueline, Mindelo, Mosteiros, Cape Verde, Museu Etnográfico da Praia, Museu Municipal de São Filipe, National Library of Cape Verde, Nossa Senhora da Conceição church (Boa Vista), Nossa Senhora do Rosário church (Cidade Velha), Nova Sintra, Paço do Concelho, Palácio do Povo, Palmarejo, Pedra Badejo, ..., Philippine dynasty, Platô, Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde, Porto Novo, Cape Verde, Povoação Velha, Praça Alexandre Albuquerque, Praia, Cape Verde (municipality), Presidential Palace of Cape Verde, Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Praia, Quartel Jaime Mota, Quintal da Música, Rabil, Cape Verde, Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde, Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, Sal Rei, Santa Maria, Cape Verde, São Filipe, Cape Verde, Sobrado (architecture), Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde, Tarrafal, Cape Verde, University of Cape Verde, World Heritage site. Expand index (23 more) »

Achada Furna

Achada Furna is a settlement in the southern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

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Amílcar Cabral International Airport

Amílcar Cabral International Airport, also known as Sal International Airport or Amílcar Cabral Airport, is the main international airport of Cabo Verde.

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Aristides Pereira International Airport

Aristides Pereira International Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira) is an airport in Cape Verde located on the island of Boa Vista, about 5 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei.

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Assomada

Assomada (in Cape Verdean Creole: Somada) is a city on the Sotavento (leeward) island of Santiago in Cape Verde.

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Avenida Andrade Corvo

Avenida Andrade Corvo is one of the important avenues in Praia, Santiago island, Cape Verde and the Plateau of Praia.

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Banco Comercial do Atlântico

The Banco Comercial do Atlântico (Portuguese meaning the "Atlantic Commercial Bank", abbreviation: BCA) is a Cape Verdean bank.

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Banco Nacional Ultramarino

Banco Nacional Ultramarino (National Overseas Bank) was a Portuguese bank with operations throughout the world, especially in Portugal's former overseas provinces.

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Bank of Cape Verde

The Bank of Cape Verde (Banco de Cabo Verde) is Cape Verde's central bank.

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Barragem de Poilão

Barragem de Poilão is a reservoir located in the east central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, mainly in the municipality of Santa Cruz but with the western part partly in São Lourenço dos Órgãos.

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Calheta de São Miguel

Calheta de São Miguel is a town in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

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Capture of Santiago (1585)

The Capture of Santiago was a military event that took place between 11–28 November 1585 during the newly declared Anglo-Spanish War.

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Cassard expedition

The Cassard expedition was a sea voyage by French Navy captain Jacques Cassard in 1712, during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Centro Nacional de Artesanato

Centro Nacional de Artesanato (the National Artisan's Center, also as Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design), also known as De Arte Tradicional (Traditional art) is a museum and an exposition located at the north of Praça Nova in the subdivision of Alto Mira in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde between Ruas 5 de Julho and Argelia (named after Algeria) which features qualification from Cape Verdean craftsmen.

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Chã das Caldeiras

Chã das Caldeiras (“Plain or Plateau of the Calderas”) is a small community of approximately 1,000 inhabitants within the crater of the volcanic Pico do Fogo on the island of Fogo, one of nine inhabited islands comprising Cape Verde and a volcanic plateau being the largest in Cape Verde, it is at the foot of the rim mountain of Bordeira.

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Cidade do Maio

Cidade do Maio (Portuguese for Maio City), also known as Porto Inglês (English Port), is a city in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde.

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Cidade Velha

Cidade Velha (Portuguese for "old city", in Cape Verdean Creole: Sidadi, also as Sidadi Velha or Sidadi Bedja) is a town in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

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Claridade

Claridade (Portuguese for "light") was a literary review inaugurated in 1936 in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.

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Cova Figueira

Cova Figueira is a city in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

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Electra (company)

Electra is a Cape Verdean electricity and utility company.

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Estádio Marcelo Leitão

Estádio Marcelo Leitão is a multi-use stadium in Sal Island, Cape Verde.

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Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena

Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena is a multi-use stadium in Mindelo, Cape Verde.

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Estádio Municipal Arsénio Ramos

Estádio Municipal Arsénio Ramos is a multi-use stadium in Boa Vista, Cape Verde, it is used for both football and athletics.

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Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo

Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo is a multi-purpose stadium in Porto Novo, Cape Verde just about 1 km west of the city center on the road connecting Porto Novo and places west of the island including Norte and Tarrafal de Monte Trigo.

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Fajã de Água

Fajã de Agua is a village on the northwestern coast of the island of Brava, Cape Verde.

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Farol da Ponta do Sinó

Farol da Ponta do Sinó (the Farol da Ponta do Sinó Lighthouse), is a lighthouse in the southernmost point of the island of Sal in northeastern Cape Verde, it is located 80 meters north of Ponta do Sinó and around 2 km southwest of the center of Santa Maria.

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Farol da Ponta Norte

Farol de Ponta Norte (the Ponta Norte Lighthouse, Portuguese: literally North Point Lighthouse or the North Point of Sal), also as farol de Reguinho Fiúra is a lighthouse in the northernmost point of the island of Sal in northeastern Cape Verde, it is located near the area of Ponta do Norte, Reguinho Fiúra and are linked with only dirt roads.

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Farol de D. Amélia

Farol de D. Amélia, also known as farol da ponta Machado (Ponta Machado Lighthouse) or farol de São Pedro is a lighthouse in the southwestern point of the island of São Vicente in northwestern Cape Verde approximately 3 km west of the village of São Pedro, it is in the westernmost part of the small hill range dominating the island's westernmost part.

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Farol de D. Maria Pia

Farol de Dona Maria Pia, better known as the Farol da Ponta Temerosa or Farol da Praia is a lighthouse in the southern point of the island of Santiago in northeastern Cape Verde approximately 3.5 km southeast of the capital city of Praia inside the neighborhood of Prainha where much of the foreign embassies are located.

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Farol de Fontes Pereira de Melo

Farol de Fontes Pereira de Melo, better known as farol da ponta de Tumba ou do Tumbo (Tumba/Tumbo Lighthouse) or the Boi Lighthouse (farol de Boi) is a lighthouse in the northeastern point of the island of Santo Antão in northwestern Cape Verde near the settlement of Janela, it is located 10 km southeast of Vila das Pombas and 14.7 km norhtheast of Porto Novo.

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Farol de Pedra de Lume

Farol de Pedra de Lume is a lighthouse in the eastern point of the island of Sal in northeastern Cape Verde approximately 1 km northeast of the village and the small port of Pedra de Lume and 5 km east of the city of Espargos, it is near the caldera of Pedra de Lume.

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Fort Real de São Filipe

Forte (or Fortaleza) Real de São Filipe or simply Cidadela is an abandoned fort in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, it is situated on Achada de São Filipe in which the fort is named after.

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Fortim d'El-Rei

Fortim d'El Rei (Portuguese Fortim do Rei meaning the King's Fort), also known as Fortim do Mindelo is the fort located north of Mindelo's city center in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde and is located at the terminus of a street connecting Avenida Dr.

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Funco (architecture)

Funco is a traditional Capeverdean house that originated from Africa.

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Gamboa, Praia

Gamboa or Chã das Areias (or as Cha das Areias) is Praia's second historic part and forms the southernmost part of the city center, it is located in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

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Henrique Teixeira de Sousa

Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (September 19, 1919 in São Lourenço on the island of Fogo – March 3, 2006) was a doctor and author from Cape Verde.

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João da Mata Chapuzet

João da Mata Chapuzet (1777 – 8 August 1842) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect.

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Loja (architecture)

A Loja is a kind of a grocery-bar or a characteristic boutique in Cape Verde, which makes up of a subdivision of a Creole lifestyle.

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Manueline

The Manueline (estilo manuelino), or Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral.

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Mindelo

Mindelo (Cape Verdean Creole: Mindel’) is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde.

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Mosteiros, Cape Verde

Mosteiros (Portuguese for "monasteries") is a city (formerly a town) in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

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Museu Etnográfico da Praia

Museu Etnográfico da Praia (Portuguese for the Praia Ethnographic Museum) is a museum located in the Cape Verdean capital of Praia on the island of Santiago in the historic part of the city, the plateau (''Platô'').

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Museu Municipal de São Filipe

Museu Municipal de São Filipe (Portuguese for the São Filipe Municipal Museum) is a museum located in São Filipe in the western part of the Cape Verdean island of Fogo in the historic part of town (Bila Baxo).

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National Library of Cape Verde

The National Library of Cape Verde (Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro) is located in Praia, Cape Verde in the middle of the neighborhood of Várzea.

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Nossa Senhora da Conceição church (Boa Vista)

Nossa Senhora da Conceição church (Portuguese for Our Lady of Conception) is a church southwest of the center of Povoação Velha on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde.,Kapverdische Inseln, Dumont Reisetaschenbuch, 3rd edition, 2007, it is located on the west foot of Rocha Estância It was constructed in 1828, located near the foundations of an earlier chapel dated to 1680.

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Nossa Senhora do Rosário church (Cidade Velha)

Nossa Senhora do Rosario church (Portuguese for Our Lady of Rosary) is a church in the west of the center of Cidade Velha on the island of Santiago.

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Nova Sintra

Nova Sintra is a city in the central part of the island of Brava in southwestern Cape Verde.

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Paço do Concelho

The Paço do Concelho is a building that is the city hall for Mindelo and the island council of São Vicente.

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Palácio do Povo

The Palácio do Povo (People's Palace), also the Palácio do Mindelo, formerly the Palácio do Governador (Governor's Palace) is a building located near a small mountain in east Mindelo in Cape Verde.

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Palmarejo

Palmarejo is a subdivision in the southwest of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde just east of the Plateau which is the city center.

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Pedra Badejo

Pedra Badejo is a town in the eastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

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Philippine dynasty

The Philippine Dynasty, also known as the House of Habsburg in Portugal, was the third royal house of Portugal.

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Platô

Platô or the Plateau of Praia (Portuguese: planalto) is the historic center of the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

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Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde

Ponta do Sol is the northernmost town on the island of Santo Antão and Cape Verde.

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Porto Novo, Cape Verde

Porto Novo is a city in the island of Santo Antão, in Cape Verde.

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Povoação Velha

Povoação Velha (Cape Verde Creole: Povoason Bédja) is a village in the southwestern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde.

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Praça Alexandre Albuquerque

Praça Alexandre Albuquerque (Portuguese for Albuquerque Square), also known as Praça 12 de Setembro is the main square of the capital city of Praia and Cape Verde located in the southcenter of the Platô (or Plateau).

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Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)

Praia is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde.

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Presidential Palace of Cape Verde

The Palácio Presidencial (Portuguese meaning the Presidential Palace, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Palásiu Prizidensial or -Prezidensial) is a Cape Verdean monument located at Rua Pedro Álvares Cabral near the southern end of Avenida Andrade Corvo and is south of Rua Serpa Pinto connected with another driveway.

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Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Praia

The Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace (Pró-catedral Nossa Senhora da Graça) also called Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located on Rua Serpa Pinto, east of the Alexandre Albuquerque Square, in the neighborhood Platô (Plateau of Praia) in the city and the municipality of Praia, on the island of Santiago, part of the African country of Cape Verde.

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Quartel Jaime Mota

Quartel Jaime Mota is a former military barrack located on the southern end of Avenida Andrade Corvo in Praia, Cape Verde, on the highest part of the historic area of the plateau (Platô).

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Quintal da Música

Quintal da Música, abbreviation: 5tal da Música is a music pub alocated in the downtown area of Praia, the Plateau and is located at 70A Avenida Amílcar Cabral in the northern part of the center, across Rua António Pusich and south of Rua António Macedo.

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Rabil, Cape Verde

Rabil is a town on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde.

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Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves

Raúl Pires Ferreira Chaves (27 May 1889–August 1967) was a Portuguese civil engineer and inventor.

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Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde

Ribeira Brava (colloquially known in Cape Verdean Creole as Stanxa) is a town on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.

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Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde

Ribeira Grande is the largest town of the Ribeira Grande Municipality on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde and has recently become a city.

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Sal Rei

Sal Rei is a town on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde.

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Santa Maria, Cape Verde

Santa Maria (Portuguese for Saint Mary) is situated in the southern part of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde which has recently became a fishing and touristic city.

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São Filipe, Cape Verde

São Filipe (Portuguese for "Saint Philip", Cape Verdean Creole: San Filipi) is a town on the west coast of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

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Sobrado (architecture)

A sobrado is a type of house style building from the Portuguese colonial era, typical in Brazil and other former Portuguese colonies.

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Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde

Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a town in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.

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Tarrafal, Cape Verde

Tarrafal is a town in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

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University of Cape Verde

The University of Cape Verde (Universidade de Cabo Verde) is a Cape Verdean university.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Cape_Verde

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