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The fortified city of Mozambique is located on this island, a former Portuguese trading-post on the route to India. Its remarkable architectural unity is due to the consistent use, since the 16th century, of the same building techniques, building materials (stone or macuti) and decorative principles.
The Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Lourenço Marques, nowadays known as the Maputo Fortress (Fortaleza de Maputo) is located at Praça 25 de Junho and represents one of the main historical monuments of the city of Maputo, former Lourenço Marques, in Mozambique. It has a square floor plan, built in reddish stone masonry.
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Pages in category "World Heritage Sites in Mozambique" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Island of Mozambique
Heritage registers in Mozambique (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Historic sites in Mozambique" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Casa de Ferro (English: Iron House) is a historic prefabricated iron building located in Maputo, Mozambique. Originally built in Belgium, the structure was bought by the Portuguese colonial government and reassembled in 1892 in Maputo (at the time named Lourenço Marques). It was intended to serve as the residence of the Governor of the ...
Do you know where the most famous objects on Earth are? From ancient wonders like Machu Picchu carved by civilizations long gone to modern marvels like the Burj Khalifa that push the boundaries of ...
Located in an oasis, Ghadames is one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities and represents a traditional architecture with vertical division of functions. [149] All five sites in Libya, including Ghadames, were placed on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger in 2016, due to ongoing conflict in the country.