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    Cidade Velha ([siˈðaðɨ ˈvɛʎɐ], Portuguese for "old city", also: Santiago de Cabo Verde) is a city in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape...
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    important monument in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of Santiago, Cape Verde. The historic centre of Cidade Velha is an UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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    Cidade Velha, initially called Mairi, Cidade or Sé neighborhood, is a historic area of the capital of Pará, Belém, founded in the 1620s. It is the first...
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    Grande (now Cidade Velha) with his family members and Portuguese from Algarve and Alentejo in 1462.: 77  Transcontinental slavery made Cidade Velha the second...
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    for Our Lady of the Rosary) is a 15th century church in the town of Cidade Velha on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is located in the northwest...
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    An English expedition led by Francis Drake captured the port town of Cidade Velha in the Cape Verde islands that had recently belonged to the Crown of...
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    the southwestern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Cidade Velha. Its population was 8,325 at the 2010 census, and its area is 137.3 km2...
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    Forte Real de São Filipe is a 16th century fortress in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is located on a...
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    Praia (redirect from Cidade da Praia)
    advantage over the older city of Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha). It gradually superseded Cidade Velha to become the most important settlement of Cape Verde...
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    as a fiefdom. The Portuguese established Ribeira Grande (present-day Cidade Velha) in 1462 on the island of São Tiago - the first permanent European settlement...
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    on the list. As of 2023, Cape Verde has only one World Heritage Site. Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO...
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    church Chão Bom church Cidade Velha Adventist church Hortelão church - Ribeira Principal Monte Alverne church - Cidade Velha - existed until around 1770...
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    quarter is known as Pelourinho) and Africa (e.g. Cape Verde's old capital, Cidade Velha), always as symbols of royal power. In Spain, the device was called picota...
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  • Fortress of Mazagão Basilica of Bom Jesus Church of São Francisco de Assis Cidade Velha The 20 finalists for the competition were: TVI24 - «Orgulho» nas 7 Maravilhas...
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    seasons, representing mainly Vitória de Guimarães and Benfica. Born in Cidade Velha, Portuguese Cape Verde to a teacher and a housewife as one of seven siblings...
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    arrival of the Portuguese.: 77  In 1462, the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) was founded on the south coast of Santiago.: 77  The settlement became...
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  • World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-02-27. RTP Ensina, in Portuguese. "Cidade Velha de Santiago Em Cabo Verde". Archived from the original on 2022-06-29...
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    Cape Verdean Creole used in a panel for Cidade Velha, Cape Verde...
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    Victory Cathedral, Vitória (Catedral Metropolitana) Old Town Houses (Cidade Velha) Costa Pereira Square (Praça Costa Pereira) Chapel of Saint Lucy (Capela...
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  • Cape Verde, there are two types of urban settlements: cities (Portuguese: cidades) and towns (Portuguese: vilas). Since 2015, there are 24 cities and 19...
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    the historical center of this municipality, located in the district of Cidade Velha, a port and tourist area restored in 2002 by the Government of the State...
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    independence of Cape Verde in 1975. When the city of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) was enlarged in its early years in the 1450s, in the 1490s and the start...
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    and 1490, making São Filipe the second oldest town of Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. The Fogo volcano erupted frequently, both from the summit and from flank...
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    Domingos. It flows towards the south, and joins the Atlantic Ocean in Cidade Velha. Villages along its course are Achada Loura, Salineiro and Calabaceira...
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    Santiago. The beverage is made in towns such as Paul on Santo Antao and Cidade Velha on Santiago using a trapiche. A variation of the drink is ponche (punch)...
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    Cape Verde Volcanoes in Cape Verde World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde: Cidade Velha Regions of Cape Verde Administrative divisions of Cape Verde Municipalities...
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    Cape Verde. It runs from the western outskirts of the capital Praia to Cidade Velha. It is 7 km long. In Praia it is connected with the Circular da Praia...
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    Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated on the south coast, 10 km northwest of Cidade Velha. It is part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago. "2010...
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  • World Heritage Cities, Mayors&Heritage and Case Studies. Agadez ( Niger) Cidade Velha ( Cape Verde) Dakar ( Senegal) Grand-Bassam ( Côte d'Ivoire) Harar Jugol...
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    Complex, located on the shores of the Guajará Bay in the district of Cidade Velha, in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. The fair is surrounded by the Castelo...
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