Luanda - Historic Sites

Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, a Portuguese colonial church built in 1664, Luanda	Igreja de Ns. de Nazaré, Largo do Ambiente	Church of Our Lady of Nazareth, Luanda	Inscription over the door of NS de Nazaré, Anno 1664
Interior, Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré	Portuguese tiles, Church of Our Lady of Nazareth	Portuguese tiles, Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré	Portuguese tiles, Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
Main altar	Right side altar	Left side altar	Largo do Ambiente, Luanda
Alto das Cruzes Cemetery, Luanda	Tile road sign - Calçada Comandante Veneno	Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Luanda	Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel , Luanda
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, built 1660-1689	Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo	Angolan National Monument - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo	Bell Tower - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Luanda
Bell Tower - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Luanda	Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Luanda 1655	NS dos Remédios - the old cathedral of Angola and Congo, 1655	Church of Our Lady of Remedies, Luanda
The church was restored in 1995	Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios	Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, XVII Century - Património Histórico-Cultural Nacional	Interior, Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Luanda
Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios	Plaque on the 1995 restoration of NS dos Remédios, constructed in 1655	Cross on the wall around NS dos Remédios	Monument in front of the old National Assembly - Largo do Lumeji
Assembleia Nacional - this modest building is being replaced by a far grander one near the Mausoleum	Igreja de Jesus - next to the Presidential Palace in Cidade Alta, Luanda	Interior of the Igreja de Jesus, restored 1953-1958	Construction started on Luanda's Jesuit Church in 1612 - it opened in 1636
Interior, Igreja de Jesus, Luanda	Tile work "Lançai as Redes" (Cast Nets), 2002-2006	Cidade Alta - the colonial government quarter, Rua 17 de Setembro	Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda - 1634
The Fortress of São Miguel houses the Armed Forces Museum, but on my visit, it was closed	An old factory (Fabrica) dated 1925 beneath the fortress walls	Fortaleza de São Miguel served as the Portuguese military headquarters in Angola until Independence in 1975	The Dutch occupied Luanda 1640-1648
Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda	Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda	Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda	Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda
Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda	Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda	Interesting vegetation beneath the Fortress of São Miguel	Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda
Posh residential area on the edge of Cidade Alta, Luanda	Old building on Rua José Pedro Tuca, Luanda	Bridge leading to the Fortress of San Miguel	Old steam locomotive, Luanda-Miramar
Old steam locomotive, Luanda-Miramar	Old steam locomotive, Luanda-Miramar	Old railway carriages, Rua do Almirante Azevedo Coutinho, Luanda-Miramar	Old railway carriages on display
Luanda was the terminus of Angola's Northern Railway	Angola has by 3 railway lines totaling 2761 km	Railway carriage, Luanda	Old building in the Lower Town (Baixa de Luanda)
Beautiful blue & white tile art, Baixa de Luanda	The derelict remains of Luanda's Grand Hotel	The Grand Hotel opened in 1910 as Luanda's first luxury hotel	The Grand Hotel in Luanda has seen much better days
This old colonial building on Rua Francisco Tavora has fared a little better