Cidade Velha
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 55 ′ N , 23 ° 37 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Cape Verde | ||
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Archipelago |
Ilhas de Sotavento | ||
| District | Praia | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CV PR | ||
| height | 5 m | ||
| Residents | 1214 | ||
| founding | 1462 | ||
| Cidade Velha, historic center of Ribeira Grande | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Forte Real de Sao Filipe |
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| National territory: |
 Cape Verde
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (ii) (iii) (vi) |
| Reference No .: | 1310 |
| UNESCO region : | Africa |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2009 (session 33) |
Cidade Velha (formerly Ribeira Grande ), since 2005 (again) Ribeira Grande de Santiago , is a city in the district of Ribeira Grande de Santiago . It is the former capital of Cape Verdes on the island of Santiago . Cidade Velha is at an altitude of 5 meters above sea level and in 2010 had 1214 inhabitants. The district of Ribeira Grande de Santiago had a population of 8325 inhabitants at the same time.
In 2009 the historic center was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
history
Ribeira Grande (Portuguese: great valley ) was built by Antonio da Noli as the first settlement on the Cape Verde Islands in 1462. It was also the first permanent European settlement in the tropics. Settlers were recruited from Madeira Island . In 1466 the settlement received the royal monopoly on the slave trade and quickly gained in importance. Slaves from Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone were shipped from here to Brazil and the Caribbean . The great valley of Ribeira Grande served as a natural prison. In the church the slaves were baptized and thus obtained higher prices.
In 1532 the place became a bishopric and in 1572 it was given the title of city ( Portuguese Cidade ). Vasco da Gama (1497) and Christoph Columbus (1498) landed here on their voyages of discovery. In 1585 and 1586, Sir Francis Drake raided the city twice.
The great importance of Ribeira Grande in the 17th century as a supply port for the Portuguese Indian fleets , as well as the fleets to Brazil and as the center of the Portuguese slave trade was ended in 1712 by the French Jacques Cassart , who plundered and destroyed the city.
Today Cidade Velha is a small fishing village, the former valley of the slaves is used for agriculture (sugar cane, coconuts, mangoes).
Attractions
The pelourinho (pillory) from 1512 recalls the history of the slave market in Ribeira Grande .
The church of Nossa Senhora do Rossario dates from 1495 . In addition, ruins of the church and the convent of S. Francisco (former seminary) and the ruins of the cathedral are preserved.
In 1587 the construction of the Forte Real de São Filipe began after the pirate attacks had accumulated.
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- ↑ Population figures Cape Verde, as of 2010, accessed on December 4, 2018
- ↑ Population Ribeira Grande de Santiago 2010
