Maputo Fortress

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. It has only one access gate that opens onto a central courtyard, also with a square layout, to which, in turn, the various rooms that make up the building open. In this courtyard currently stands the equestrian statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque, which, before the Independence of Mozambique, stood in front of the Municipality of Lourenço Marques.

It houses a statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque. Here also lie the mortal remains of Gungunhana, transferred from Terceira Island, in the Azores, in 1985.

Tekst overgenomen uit “Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques” op de Engelstalige Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Maputo Fortress staat op plaats 3.972 van 5.793 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 3 van de 8 die de atlas in Mozambique in kaart brengt. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

Bekijk op de interactieve kastelenkaart →

Lees het volledige verhaal op Wikipedia ↗