Fortress of San Francisco do Penedo
The Fortress of São Francisco do Penedo is located in the port city of Luanda, Angola.- Type: Fort
- Description: building in Angola
- Also known as: “Fort Pinedo”, “Fortaleza do Penedo”, “Fortaleza do Pinedo”, “Forte do Penedo”, and “Fortress of São Francisco do Penedo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Island and Hotel Presidente Luanda.
Cape Island
Island
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Ilha do Cabo typically known as Ilha de Luanda is a spit off the shore of Luanda, the capital of Angola, a country on the continents' southwestern coast.
Hotel Presidente Luanda
Hotel
Hotel Presidente Luanda or Le Presidente Luanda Hotel is a hotel in Luanda, Angola, considered to be the city's most prestigious hotel. Opened in 1960, as of 2015 it had 194 rooms. Hotel Presidente Luanda is situated 1 km west of Fortress of San Francisco do Penedo.
Our Lady of Nazareth Church
Church
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré is a colonial church in Luanda, Angola, built in 1664. It is located in the centre of the city, overlooking Luanda Bay. Our Lady of Nazareth Church is situated 1½ km southwest of Fortress of San Francisco do Penedo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sambizanga and Maianga.
Sambizanga
Suburb
Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda, in the province of Luanda, Angola.
Maianga
Suburb
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Maianga is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the province of Luanda, Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts. Maianga is situated 3½ km southwest of Fortress of San Francisco do Penedo.
Luanda
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luanda, the capital of Angola, is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.
Fortress of San Francisco do Penedo
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Luanda Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Fortress of San Francisco do Penedo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Penedo”
- Dutch: “Penedo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة ساو فرانسيسكو دو بينيدو”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Francisco do Penedo”
- Swedish: “São Francisco do Penedos fästning”
- Ukrainian: “Фортеця Сан-Франсіску-ду-Пенеду”
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