Praça da Independência

Praça da Independência is a public square and focal point of , . It was built by the Portuguese as Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque and was dominated by a statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque, the former governor-general of Portuguese Mozambique.
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Photo: Gustavo Sugahara, CC BY 2.0.
  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Park
  • Description: square in Maputo, Mozambique
  • Also known as: “Praça da Independência (Maputo)”
  • Address: Rua Municipal Oeste/Rua Municípal Este, Central ‘C’, KaMpfumo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maputo City Hall and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.

Town hall
Photo: Teixant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Municipal Council Building of Maputo is the seat of the local government of the capital of . The neoclassical building is located at the head of Praça da Independência, and was erected in 1947.

Church
Photo: Alexander Leisser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , commonly known as the Maputo Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in downtown , the capital of .

Photo: ilan molcho, CC BY 2.0.
The Casa de Ferro is a historic prefabricated iron building located in , . Originally built in , the structure was bought by the Portuguese colonial government and reassembled in 1892 in Maputo. is situated 220 metres south of Praça da Independência.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maputo.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of . 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.

Praça da Independência

Latitude
-25.96859° or 25° 58′ 7″ south
Longitude
32.57361° or 32° 34′ 25″ east
Operator
Maputo
Open location code
5G6J2HJF+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 955322535
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q18638923
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In Other Languages

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