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Island of Mozambique

Mozambique
Date of Inscription: 1991
Criteria: (iv)(vi)
Ilha de Mocambique District, Nampula Province
S15 02 03 E40 44 09
Ref: 599

Brief Description

The fortified city of Mozambique is located on this island, a former Portuguese trading-post on the route to India. Its remarkable architectural unity is due to the consistent use, since the 16th century, of the same building techniques, building materials (stone or macuti) and decorative principles.

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