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  • Colonial portuguese standard in Ilha de Mozambique. This standard was built in the 20th century in the fascist New State style that dominated portuguese architecture during dictatorship
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  • The old portuguese governor palace which is now used as a court of law is located on the main Lisboa Street.The old part of town has beautiful examples of colonial architecture and the it is also the most cosmopolitan and cultural of the Cape Verde archipelago.
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • Mindelo seen from the Fortim. The old part of town has beautiful examples of colonial architecture and the it is also the most cosmopolitan and cultural of the Cape Verde archipelago.
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • People passing by Our Lady of Health Church in Ilha de Mozambique. This church is build on the separation betweeen colonial Stone City and Macuti Town, where most of islands population lives
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  • Sao Filipe Town Hall. The capital of Fogo island is one of the best examples of portuguese colonial architecture, maily its "sobrado" houses. The masters used to live on the top flor of these houses while the servants on the ground flor.
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • Roca (farm) Belo Monte's colonial gate. This is one of the many farms that subsist on cocoa and coffe plantantions. It also has a lookout to Banana Beach.
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  • Man and children walking in a colourful street in Stone Town, the colonial part of Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Aerial view of Ilha de Mozambique. The island has about two and a half kilometers lenght and six hundred meters wide. The northern part is where the portuguese colonial buildings are and it's called Stone City. The central and south part of the island is the Macuti Town, the area where most of the people lives.
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  • Sao Filipe, the  capital of Fogo island is one of the best examples of portuguese colonial architecture, maily its "sobrado" houses. The masters used to live on the top flor of these houses while the servants on the ground flor.
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  • Old colonial buildings along modern skyscrappers are a constant cityscape in downtown Perth.
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  • Eugenio Tavares square is the center of  Nova Sintra and it's where its population converge. Know as "the flower island" Brava  has in its capital village Nova Sintra a gem of simple colonial architecture .
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  • People passing in front of the Sao Sebastiao (Saint Sebastian) fortress in the middle of the statues that represent the portuguese navigators who discovered the archipelago.
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  • People passing by the facade of Ilha de Mozambique hospital
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  • View of Saint Paul Palace Museum interior from the choir balcony
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  • Fisherman negotiate and carry the product of a day work, in the beach that serves as Ilha de Mozambique fishing harbour
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  • Boy walks near the statue of portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on the Square where is also build Saint Paul Palace-Museum . Vasco da Gama was Mozambique discoverer
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  • Aerial view of Nacalas coast, near Ilha de Mozambique. This coast boasts endless empty beaches and pristine landscape
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  • Sourcerer from Makua tribe performs a traditional dance where he sticks needles in his forehead
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  • Woman brooming the street in front of Mercy Church in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Some sisters and a few inhabitants of Ilha de Mozambique pray in Mercy Church. Most the islands residents are muslims
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  • Man passing in front of a baobab tree with a donkey. Donkeys are very common in Cape Verde but not trees.
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  • A woman carrying a bag on her head in a road sorrounded by sugar cane in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island. This area has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • Women smashing corn to make flour.  The northeast area of Santo Antao has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • A coastal guard checks papers while the ferry is unloaded. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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  • Girls chat on the way to a water spring on Brava's east coast. Nearby, Furna is the place where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • Faja da Agua is a village with a magnificent setting on a bay. Nearby the inoperative airport remembers te remoteness of Brava island.
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  • School boys coming from school in Nova Sintra. Capeverdian students wear uniform so that the rich and the poor look the same.
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  • And old worker showing around Roça Agostinho Neto. This old cocoa farm is the largest in São Tomé.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Youngsters searching for wifi near São Tomé's cathedral.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • A boy dances with Roça Agostinho Neto  main street in the background. This old cocoa farm is the largest in São Tomé island.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Manseating near Sao Sebastiao (Saint Sebastian) fortress in close by there are statues that represent the portuguese navigators who discovered the archipelago.
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  • Man seated on the main square garden ornated by staues and a music stand in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Fishermen arriving seen through one of the Great Mosque windows in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Tourists visiting the Fortress of Saint Sebastian where there is a ruined Church, an ancient hospital and a cistern that was still in use not long ago.
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  • Saint Anthony statue in one of the rooms of the Saint Paul Palace Museum
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  • Ilha de Mozambique fishing harbour seen through the windows of the Great Mosque minaret.
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  • Man walks with his bike in the Square where is the statue of Luiz de Camoes. Camoes was one of the greatest poets in portuguese history and lived in XVI Century. It is believed that he lived in a house in this Square.
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  • Young basket carrier pictured in the beach that serves as Ilha de Mozambique fishing harbour.
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  • Fisherman leaves behind Saint Sebastian Fortress in Ilha de Mozambique / On the left side is seen Our Lady of the Bastion Church, the oldest european builiding in South Hemisphere
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  • A hand points a house with hindu door in a street in the Stone City in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Golden altar in Our Lady of Health Church in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Girl from Makua tribe poses by Ilha de Mozambique Great Mosque wall
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  • Makua women wearing traditional mussiro facial masks. Makua tribe is the predominant ethnic group in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Fishermen arriving at the beach that serves as Ilha de Mozambique fishing harbour
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  • Boy catching clams and mussels during low tide in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Some people gather at sunset in a square near Ilha de Mozambique Town Hall. Few are the builidings that have been recovered in this Unesco World Heritage Site
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  • Children drive their bycicles in Arches Street, one of the most beautiful streets in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • People catching clams and mussels during low tide in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Man passes through Saint Sebastian Fortress gate. This gate is an example of the Manueline style, a late gothic style spread during Portuguese Discoveries
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  • Women carrying water on the road. The Dry is the main problem in Cape Verde islands as most of the land remains unproductive due to arid soils.
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  • One tourist looks at Fogo island's volcano. This had its most recent eruption in 1995. Inside the massive caldera a little dispersed village survives due to the rich volcanic soil and its inhabitants grow vineyards and fruit trees.
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  • A horse waits outside a grocery store in one of the little villages in Paul Valley in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island. This area has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • The deep valleys in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island have a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • Aon old man relaxes in Fontainhas village in the north coast of Santo Antao which is an extraordinary scenery. To go there it takes one hour, because distances are time measured in Santo Antao.
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  • A boy coming from school in Paul Valley with an umbrella. The northeast area of Santo Antao has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • In a "trapiche" sugar cane is used to make a kind of firewater vey appreciated in Cape Verde called "grog". The best one is usually from Santo Antao island where it is better distilled.
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  • The twisted "Estrada da Corda" (Rope road" meanders through the deep valleys and cliffs in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island.
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  • The east coast of Santiago island has some little bays that give shelter to the fishing boats.
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  • A young boy trying to seduce a young girl in Tarrafal beach.
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  • Sao Filipe's fortress in Cidade Velha. Cidade Velha  was the first capital of Cape Verde then changed to Cidade da Praia after being pillaged by French pirates.
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  • A girl plays covering herself with sand on Tarrafal beach.
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  • The only botanic garden in Cape Verde is located near Sao Jorge dos Orgaos. The village has this name due to the similarity between the sorrounding mountains and chirches  organ-pipes.
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  • Fishing boats at Tarrafal beach, the most touristical point in Santiago island.
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  • At Bau's workshop many guitars used to play worldwide famous capeverdian music are made. Bau himself is a virtuous guitar player and composer.
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  • Fishermen in Sao Pedro beach. This beach can be seen during landing in Sao Vicente island  because the airport strip is located few meters away from the beach.
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  • Fishermen in Sao Pedro beach. This beach can be seen during landing in Sao Vicente island  because the airport strip is located few meters away from the beach.
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  • Children play in Furna where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • One hiker waives in the top of a hill on Brava's east coast. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • A shepperd waits for the cattle to refresh in the abandoned village of Vinagre in Brava's east coast. Vinagre is so called because of the acid fountain water that reminds vinegar.
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  • A dog sitting on a wall and boys walking in a cobblestone road are a common sight in Brava island, a place where the pace of time has always been slow.
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  • The steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua zigzags through a deep valley.
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  • In the steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua, the way passes in Lavadura village that reminds Machu Picchu for its setting among mountain peaks and for the number of stone walls.
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  • Boys taking care of a bougainvillaea tree. With a mild climate, the smaller of Cape Verde islands has the nickname of "flower island".
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  • A small village hanging on the top of a cliff. Brava island is very hilly featuring high cliffs and deep valleys. On the distance the Secos islets can be seen.
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  • A bougainvillaea tree marks the fence of a little farm in Brava island. With a mild climate, the smaller of Cape Verde islands has the nickname of "flower island".
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  • A view of Nova Sintra, the capital village of Brava island situated on a cooler plateau about 600 metres from sea level. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • Sorriso (Smile) is the nickname of one of the characters better known by Bravas people. This adolescent is known to be a thieve and the population will always advise the tourist to be carefull.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Men pounding millet at Roça Agostinho Neto, in São Tomé island.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Men praying in a mosque in the Macuti City, the part of Ilha de Mozambique where lives most of the inhabitants
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  • Men praying in the Great Mosque in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Women group performs tufo, Ilha de Mozambique traditional dance.
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  • Old canons are part of what is left inside San Sebastian Fortress in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Fisherman compose nets near Saint Anthony Chapel in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Silhoueted man drives a canoe at sunset, in the fishing harbour in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • View of an alley in the Macuti Town in Ilha de Mozambique. Macuti Town is where most of islands population live and the its sanitary system is non-existent.
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  • Children in front of Ilha de Mozambique Court
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  • The only hidu person in Ilha de Mozambique takes care of the temple. The majority of people in the island are muslims
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  • Tourists walk on the borders of Salina's natural pool. The pool was formed by ancient lava rock that reached the sea during Fogo's volcano eruptions.
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  • Fogo volcanos had its most recent eruption in 1995. Inside the massive caldera a little dispersed village survives due to the rich volcanic soil and its inhabitants grow vineyards and fruit trees.
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  • Praia Grande (Big Beach) and an ancient volcano in the northeast coast can be seen from the highest point of Sao Vicente island, the Monte Verde (Green Mount).
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