List of monuments in Mozambique

The list of monuments of Mozambique includes the monuments of the South African country of Mozambique that are named on the basis of Law 10/88 of 1988. Article 3 of the law defines eight types of movable cultural monuments and four types of non-movable monuments: monuments ( monumentos ), building ensembles ( conjuntos os grupos de edifícios ), places ( locais ou sitios ) and natural elements ( elementos naturais ).

According to the head of the monument administration, Marcos Laíce, the administration does not know how many monuments there are in Mozambique. For this reason, the following list should not be regarded as incomplete; it is based on two documents from the Mozambican Ministry of Culture.

Official name of the structure	place	date	description	Coordinates	Type	image
Biblioteca Nacional	Maputo	1903-1904	Seat of the national library, until 1965 seat of the administration for public buildings, later finance		Monumento
Casa de Ferro	Maputo	1892	Erected as a governor's residence, but never used for this purpose. Today the seat of the national monument administration.		Monumento
Casa dos Azulejos	Maputo	1879/1888	First town hall in the city		Monumento
Casa Velha	Maputo	1908-1910			Monumento
Centro Cultural do Conselho Municipal	Maputo	1939	today the seat of the Instituto Negrófilo		Monumento
Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano	Maputo	1898, 1917	Originally a Hotel Club, now the seat of the Franco-Mozambican cultural center		Monumento
Estação Central dos Correios de Moçambique	Maputo	1904-1905	Mozambican Post Office		Monumento
Estação dos Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique	Maputo	1908-1910	Maputo's main train station		Monumento
Fortaleza Nossa Senhora da Conceição	Maputo	1955	Rebuilt on the site of the original fortress		Monumento
Igreja de Santo Antonio da Polana	Maputo	1962			Monumento
Imprensa Nacional	Maputo	1904	until 1932 also the seat of the prison		Monumento
Mercado Central	Maputo	1901-1903	Main market		Monumento
Monumento à 1ª Guerra Mundial	Maputo	1935	Memorial to the fallen of the First World War		Monumento
Monumento aos Heróis Moçambicanos	Maputo	1979	Memorial to those who fell in the Mozambican War of Independence		Monumento
Monumento e Estátua de Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane	Maputo	1989	Statue of the first chairman of the Frelimo		Monumento
Monumento e Estátua de Samora Moisés Machel	Maputo	1989	Statue of the first President of the People's Republic of Mozambique		Monumento
Museu de Geologia	Maputo	around 1900	until 1943 Mineralogy Museum "Freira de Andrade", today Geology Museum		Monumento
Museu de História Natural	Maputo	1933	Natural History Museum, expansion in 1965		Monumento
Casa Amarela	Maputo	around 1770	is considered the oldest building in Maputo, today a coin museum		Monumento
Palácio da Ponta Vermelha	Maputo	1895	original residence of the governor, now the residence of the president		Monumento
Palácio dos Casamentos	Maputo	1950s	originally a cultural center of the Greek community, now a wedding palace		Monumento
Prédio Pott	Maputo	1903-1905	Trading house, destroyed by fire in 2012		Monumento
Bloco Habitacional O Leão Que Ri	Maputo	1956/58			Monumento
Rádio Moçambique	Maputo	1948-51	Headquarters of the state radio station Rádio Moçambique		Monumento
Residência do Governo	Maputo	1873	Seat of government		Monumento
Restaurant 1908	Maputo	1908	originally the seat of the head of the central hospital, today a restaurant and club		Monumento
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição	Maputo	1936-1944	cathedral		Monumento
Telecomunicações de Moçambique	Maputo	1940s			Monumento
Tribunal Supremo	Maputo	1890	originally "Vila Jóia", residence of Gerard Pott; today the seat of the Supreme Court		Monumento
Vila Algarve	Maputo	1934	originally the seat of the Portuguese secret police PIDE		Monumento

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lei no. 10/88 (PDF; 501 kB) UNESCO . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
2. ↑ Portal de Legislação Ambiental de Moçambique . Ministry of the Environment. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2013. 
3. ↑ above: Departamento dos Monumentos vira sombra de si mesmo. Moçambique para todos / Canal de Moçambique, October 24, 2006, accessed September 25, 2013 .  
4. ^ Patrimónios Culturais ( Portuguese ) Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2013. 
5. ↑ Alguns Locais Historicos do Património Cultural Moçambicano (PDF; 1.2 MB) Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2013. 

Web links

• Some cultural monuments on the website of the Ministry of Culture  ( page no longer available )
• List of some historically significant places (PDF; 1.2 MB)  ( page no longer available )
• Museums in Mozambique (PDF; 1.4 MB)  ( page no longer available )