Floresta do Kinaxixi

Floresta do Kinaxixi is a forest in Angola. Floresta do Kinaxixi is situated nearby to the neighborhood Mutamba, as well as near Bairro Operario.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortress of São Miguel and Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.

Fortress of São Miguel

Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.

Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a Portuguese fortress built in 1576 in the Ingombota District of Luanda, Angola. During Dutch rule in Angola between 1641 and 1648, the fort was known as Fort Aardenburgh.

Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola

Museum

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The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola is located in the Ingombota District of the city of Luanda, Angola. Established in 1938, it is the only museum of natural history in Angola.

Iron Palace

Museum

Photo: Zorglub, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Palácio de Ferro is a historical building in the Angolan capital Luanda, believed to have been designed and built by – or by someone associated with – Gustave Eiffel, builder of the world-famous icons, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luanda and Maianga.

Luanda

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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.

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.