Maputo City Tour

Culture and History tour in Maputo

Tour Price : $65 Duration : 3 hours Languages: English, portuguese

Its Maputo historical tour, 3 hours walking down town.

Will visit places like:

.Independence square

Independence Square) is a public square and focal point of Maputo, Mozambique. 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. The statue of Mouzinho on horseback was inaugurated in 1940. After the independence of Mozambique in 1975 the square was renamed Praça da Independência, and the statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque was removed to Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição and replaced by a statue of Samora Machel (1933-1986), the first president of Mozambique.

.Cathedral

The cathedral was designed by the Portuguese civil engineer Marcial Simoes de Freitas e Costa, then a railway director. He designed the church pro bono for the Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques. Freitas was inspired by the simple style and building materials of church construction in Europe of the time; the cathedral was ultimately built of concrete and cement.

.Town hall

.Samora Machael Statue

.Iron house

Central Market

.Maputo Train Station

.Fotres

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