quote:Luanda was founded in 1575 by the Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias Novais as São Paulo de Luanda. In 1618 the fortress, Fortaleza Sao Pedro da Barra was built and later in 1634 a new fortress was built, Fortaleza de Sao Miguel. The city has been the administrative centre of Angola since 1627 (except for 1640–1648) and from c.1550 to c.1850 it was the center of a large slave trade to Brazil.
After Angolan independence in 1975, much of the city's large Portuguese population left and was replaced by large numbers of Cubans, many of them soldiers. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop. It is also the location of the University of Angola and the Governor's Palace.
quote:On the background, you can see a kind of tower which is a strange unfinished monument dedicated to the father of the Angolan independence from Portugal in the 70’s : Agostinho Neto.
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Basiliek Oudenbosch, Oudenbosch, Nederland.
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