Rua Libertadores de África (Portuguese for "street of the Liberators of Africa") is one of the main
street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), pedestrian crossings, and sometimes amenities like Street light, streetligh ...
s in the city centre of
,
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 ...
It was formerly called Rua Lisboa ("
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
street").
[Revitalização como mecánismo de protecção do património arquitectónico: uma proposta para Mindelo]
Valdemar Jorge de Almeida Fortes Martins, 2014, p. 30-33 It runs from the seaside
Avenida Marginal to the
Palácio do Povo (the former Government Palace).
Notable buildings along the street:
[Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade]
Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 118-127
* Palácio do Povo, built in 1874, expanded in 1928-34
*Municipal market, built in 1878
*French consulate and Alliance Française, built in 1858
*the former Customs House, now the Cultural Centre of Mindelo, built 1858-1860
References
Mindelo
Transport in São Vicente, Cape Verde
{{Africa-road-stub