Maputo Post Office Building
The Maputo Post Office Building is the headquarters of Correios de Moçambique, the Mozambican postal service. It was built in 1903 by the architect Carlos Rome Machado.Photo: Rick McCharles, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Post office
- Description: post Office in Maputo, Mozambique
- Also known as: “Sede Central dos Correios de Moçambique”
- Address: Av.25 de Setembro, Maputo, Central “C”, KaMpfumo
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Library of Mozambique and Cinema Scala.
National Library of Mozambique
Library
Photo: F Mira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Library of Mozambique is located in Maputo, Mozambique. It is located in a structure which formerly housed the Office of Finance of the Colony of Mozambique. National Library of Mozambique is situated 110 metres southeast of Maputo Post Office Building.
Tunduru Gardens
Park
The Tunduru Gardens is public park and garden in downtown Maputo, Mozambique. It was designed in 1885 by British gardener Thomas Honney under commission by the ruling Portuguese authorities. Tunduru Gardens is situated 210 metres northeast of Maputo Post Office Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maputo.
Maputo
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maputo is the capital city of Mozambique. Buildings range from old colonial palaces to new high-rise constructions, but the dominant architecture consists of Stalinist-looking concrete-walled boxes, generally with badly eroded paint and rusty security bars.
Maputo Post Office Building
- Categories: cultural heritage, building, and public building
- Location: Maputo Province, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-25.97287° or 25° 58′ 22″ southLongitude
32.57219° or 32° 34′ 20″ eastLevels
2Operator
Correios de Moçambique, EPOpen location code
5G6J2HGC+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 242924492OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_officeOpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q10270274
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swahili—“Maputo Post Office Building” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Edifici de Correus de Maputo”
- Chinese: “莫桑比克塞德中央DOS巴西邮政”
- German: “Hauptpost Maputo”
- German: “Hauptpost von Maputo”
- Portuguese: “Edifício dos Correios de Maputo”
- Swahili: “Jengo la Posta la Maputo”
- Swahili: “Jengo la Posta, Maputo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fototeca Nacional and Prédio Pott.
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