Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
.Kapverdische Inseln, Dumont Reisetaschenbuch, 3rd edition, 2007, Boa Vista Island at capeverde.com /ref> It sits at the foot of the mountain
Rocha Estância
Rocha Estância is a mountain in the southwestern part of the island Boa Vista in Cape Verde, east of the village of Povoação Velha. Its elevation is 357 meters. It is part of a protected area (category ''Natural Monument'') covering 253 ha.
. It was built in 1828. Its interior is decorated with a colourfully painted chancel that has numerous little images of saints. Each year on December 8, the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December, nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary on 8 September. It is one of the most important Marian feasts in the l ...
is celebrated and forms one of the major religious celebrations on the island.
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List of buildings and structures in Cape Verde
This article is a list of buildings and structures in Cape Verde ordered by city or island:
Boa Vista
*Nossa Senhora da Conceição church in Povoação Velha
*Aristides Pereira International Airport near Rabil
*Forte Duque de Bragança on Ilhà ...
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List of churches in Cape Verde
This is a list of churches, cathedrals and chapels in Cape Verde.
Boa Vista
*Nossa Senhora da Conceição church (Boa Vista), Nossa Senhora da Conceição - Povoação Velha
*Curral Velho, Cape Verde, Curral Velho church - reopened around 201 ...