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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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    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 It gradually superseded Cidade Velha to become the most important settlement of Cape Verde...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 1980) RTP Ensina, in Portuguese. "Cidade Velha de Santiago Em Cabo Verde". Archived from the original on 2022-06-29...
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    as a fiefdom. The Portuguese established Ribeira Grande (present-day Cidade Velha) in 1462 on the island of São Tiago. This was the first permanent European...
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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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    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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    : 77  In 1462, the Portuguese founded the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) on the south coast of Santiago.: 77  The settlement became a key port...
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    Cape Verdean Creole used in a panel for Cidade Velha, Cape Verde...
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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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    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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    Pinho) is a historic building located at 586 Doutor Assis Street in the Cidade Velha district, in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará. In 1986, it was...
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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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    in Cidadela which runs for about 500 meters and intersects the Praia-Cidade Velha road (EN1-ST05), nearby is the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde....
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    located on the eastern edge of the Ribeira Grande gorge, 2 km northeast of Cidade Velha and 10 km west of the capital Praia. "2010 Census results". Instituto...
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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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    founded a settlement they called Ribeira Grande. Today it is called Cidade Velha ("Old City"), to distinguish it from a town of the same name on a different...
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    Santiago. It is 4 km east from Cidade Velha and 6.5 km west of Praia city centre. National road EN1-ST05 (Praia - Cidade Velha) passes north of it. 1.5 km...
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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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    do Relógio) is a public space located at the Ver-o-Peso Dock, in the Cidade Velha neighborhood, in the Brazilian city of Belém, capital of Pará. The site...
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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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