Avenida Andrade Corvo

Avenida Andrade Corvo
Former name(s)	Rua do Corvo
Namesake	João de Andrade Corvo
Location	Praia, Cape Verde
Coordinates	14°55′04″N23°30′29″W / 14.9178°N 23.508°W Coordinates: 14°55′04″N23°30′29″W / 14.9178°N 23.508°W
South end	Rua Pedro Álvares Cabral
North end	Praça Luís de Camões

Last updated March 12, 2019

Avenida Andrade Corvo (formerly Rua do Corvo) is an avenue in the Plateau of Praia, in the city centre of Praia, Santiago island, Cape Verde.^[1] It was named in honour of 19th century Portuguese politician João de Andrade Corvo. It runs south to north in the eastern part of the Plateau, parallel to Rua Serpa Pinto. Its northern end is formed by Praça Luís de Camões.

Plateau is the historic centre of the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It gets its name because it is situated on a plateau overlooking the port of Praia. Its average elevation is 37 meters above sea level. The population of Plateau was 1,019 at the 2010 census. Many public buildings are situated in Plateau, notably the Presidential Palace, the cathedral, the city hall and the Ethnographic Museum.

Praia, is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento Islands group. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation's four international airports. The city centre is known as Plateau due to its location on a small plateau.

Santiago, Cape Verde largest island of Cape Verde

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Notable buildings along the street:^[1]

Quartel Jaime Mota, military barracks built in 1872
Presidential Palace of Cape Verde (rear)
Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace (rear)
Palace of Justice (rear)
townhouse Cor-de-rosa, built at the end of the 19th century

Quartel Jaime Mota is a historical building in the historic city centre (Plateau) of Praia, Cape Verde. It is situated at the southern end of Avenida Andrade Corvo, near the Presidential Palace of Cape Verde. It was built between 1823 and 1826 as a military barracks. The present structure in Neo-Manueline style dates from 1872, and was further expanded and modified in the late 19th and early 20th century. After independence, it was named after Jaime Mota, a Cape Verdean militant of PAIGC who was killed in Portuguese Guinea.

The Palácio da Presidência da República is a public building in the city centre of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. It is situated on Rua Serpa Pinto, at the south end of Plateau, the historic district of Praia. It was constructed around 1894 in neoclassical style as a residence of the Portuguese governor of Cape Verde. After Cape Verde gained independence in 1975, it became the presidential palace.

The Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace is a catholic church on the east side of Praça Alexandre Albuquerque, in the city centre of Praia, on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. The church was built between 1894 and 1902. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, which was created in 1533. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Arlindo Gomes Furtado Cardinal.

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References

1 2 Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 316, 321-330

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[gomes-1] 1 2 Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 316, 321-330

v t e Streets and squares in Praia
Streets	Avenida Amílcar Cabral Avenida Andrade Corvo Avenida Cidade de Lisboa Rua 5 de Julho Rua Serpa Pinto
Squares	Praça Alexandre Albuquerque Praça Luís de Camões