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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.
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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.
Category: Landmarks in Mozambique. 1 language. ... Towers in Mozambique (1 C) This page was last edited on 1 May 2020, at 03:12 (UTC). Text ...
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.
With its rich history and sandy beaches, the Island of Mozambique is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Mozambique's fastest-growing tourist destinations. [1] It has a permanent population of approximately 14,000 people and is served by nearby Lumbo Airport on the Nampula mainland. The name of the country, Mozambique, is derived from the ...
The Fort of São Sebastião lies at the northern end of Stone Town on the Island of Mozambique. It is the oldest complete fort still standing in sub-Saharan Africa . Construction by the Portuguese began in 1558, and it took about fifty years to complete.
Mozambique's largest higher education institution is the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane which was established in 1968 as the Universidade de Lourenço Marques. Most of the universities faculties and departments are located in the city of Maputo with nearly 8,000 students attending 10 faculties.