Angola

Fort de Shinkakasa

The Fort de Shinkakasa, also called Fort Boma, was a fortification built in the Congo Free State to defend access to the Congo river in 1891. It is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of Boma which was the capital of the Free State and later the Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1926.

Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo

The Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de São Salvador de Congo; Kongo: kulumbimbi) Also Former Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo It is the name given to an old Catholic church built at the end of the 15th century in the capital of the Kingdom of the Congo, it was…

Quedas de Calandula

Calandula Falls (formerly known as Duque de Bragança Falls) are waterfalls in the municipality of Calandula, Malanje Province, Angola. On the Lucala River, the falls are 105 meters (344 feet) high and 400 meters (1,300 feet) wide. They are one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa.

Pungo Andongo Black Stones

The Black Rocks at Pungo Andongo (Pedras Negras de Pungo Andongo) are found some 116 km from the provincial capital of Malanje in Angola. They are a series of mysterious rock formations, many incredibly and spectacularly shaped in the form of animals, standing high above the flat African Savanna.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbe

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbe (Latin: Dioecesis Sumbensis) is a diocese located in the city of Sumbe in the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda in Angola.August 10, 1975: Established as Diocese of Ngunza from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda February 3, 1977: Renamed as Diocese of Novo Red…

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception

The Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição ) also called Sumbe Cathedral Is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church located in the city of Sumbe in the province of Cuanza Sul, west of the African country of Angol…

Quissama National Park

Quiçama National Park, also known as Kissama National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Quiçama or Parque Nacional da Quissama), is a national park in northwestern Angola.It is the only functioning national park in all of Angola, with the others being in disrepair due to the Angolan Civil War.T…

Moon Scenic Overlook

Battle of Quifangondo

The Battle of Quifangondo (popularly known in Angola as Nshila wa Lufu, or Battle of Death Road) was fought on 10 November 1975, near the strategic settlement of Quifangondo, Luanda Province, between the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA), armed wing of the People's Movement for t…

National Museum of Military History

The Museum of the Armed Forces (Portuguese: Museu das Forças Armadas) is located in Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda, in Luanda, Angola.Founded in 1975, following the independence of Angola, the museum includes bi-motor airplanes, combat vehicles, and diverse arms and artifacts used during the An…

National Anthropology Museum

The Museu Nacional de Antropologia (National Museum of Anthropology) is an anthropological museum in the Coqueiros neighborhood of the city of Luanda, Angola.

Luanda Cathedral

The Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Luanda, Angola. It was built in 1628 and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Luanda.