List of buildings and structures in Boa Vista, Cape Verde

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This is a list of buildings and structures in the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde and its surrounding islets to the north. The list is ordered by place. The island are in the last two positions in the number of notable buildings and structures, behind São Nicolau and Brava.

Boa Vista, Cape Verde Cape Verde island

Boa Vista, also written as Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At 631.1 km2 (243.7 sq mi), it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.

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Unknown hotel in Boa Vista, may be Praia de Chave Boa Vista hotel3.jpg
Unknown hotel in Boa Vista, may be Praia de Chave
Terminal building of Aristides Pereira International Airport in Rabil Aeroporto-Internacional-Aristides-Pereira-Terminal-2012.JPG
Terminal building of Aristides Pereira International Airport in Rabil
Estadio Arsenio Ramos, where all the regional football and athletic competitions take place Estadio Arsenio Ramos.JPG
Estádio Arsénio Ramos, where all the regional football and athletic competitions take place
Santa Isabel church, Sal Rei Igreja de Santa Isabel.jpg
Santa Isabel church, Sal Rei
Nossa Senhora da Conceicao church, Povoacao Velha A kind of Church near to Povoacao Velha, 2010 12.JPG
Nossa Senhora da Conceição church, Povoação Velha
Sao Joao Batista church, Fundo das Figueiras Igreja de Fundo das Figueiras.jpg
São João Batista church, Fundo das Figueiras
Tuareg (or Touareg) Resort, Praia de Carquejinha, Curral Velho Boa Vista ( Riu Tuareg ) - panoramio (1).jpg
Tuareg (or Touareg) Resort, Praia de Carquejinha, Curral Velho

Zona Norte (compromising Bofarreira and Espingueira)

Fundo das Figueiras

Fundo das Figueiras Settlement in Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Fundo das Figueiras is a village in the eastern part of the island of Boa Vista. The village is around 21 km east of the island capital of Sal Rei. It is the seat of the civil parish of São João Baptista. 2 km to the south is the village Cabeça dos Tarrafes and 8 km southeast is Ponta Meringuel, the easternmost point in Cape Verde.

João Galego

Povoação Velha

Nossa Senhora da Conceição church (Boa Vista) Church in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde

Nossa Senhora da Conceição church is a church at the southeastern edge of the village Povoação Velha, on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. It sits at the foot of the mountain Rocha Estância.

Povoação Velha Settlement in Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Povoação Velha is a village in the southwestern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. The village is around 16 km south of the island capital Sal Rei.

Rabil

Aristides Pereira International Airport airport

Aristides Pereira International Airport is an airport in Cape Verde located on the island of Boa Vista, about 5 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. It is the third-busiest airport in the country.

Sal Rei

Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista and plays with Boa Vista's teams in the same stadium. Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and athletics departments.

Praia de Cabral

Praia de Cabral is a beach on the northwest coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde in the immediate area of the town of Sal Rei. Nearby in Praia de Fátima is an abandoned chapel of Our Lady of Fatima.

Ilhéu de Sal Rei

Forte Duque de Bragança building in Cape Verde

Forte Duque de Bragança is a ruined fort located on the islet Ilhéu de Sal Rei off the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. The fort was named after the Duke of Bragança. The fort overlooks a stretch of coast where the anchorage required defending from piracy and coastal raiding, which were common in the Atlantic Ocean at the time. The island produced salt, which attracted international trade and wealth. It was sacked in 1815 and 1817; this led to the construction of a fort in 1818. Today in ruins, the fort has been partly excavated archaeologically by the University of Cambridge.

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References

  1. "Cape Verde: Island of Boa Vista". Capeverde.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. "Stadiums in Cape Verde". World Stadiums. WorldStadiums.Com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.