Cidade Velha
Cidada Velha is a city on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is the oldest European city in the Tropics. Wikivoyage
Population 1,156 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Cape Verde
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Pelourinho da Cidade Velha Attraction · 210 m -
Sé Catedral Ruins · 350 m - Ruínas da Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Ruins · 90 m
- Agência de Correios de Cidade Velha Church · 90 m
- UNESCO Património Mundial Attraction · 130 m
- Cistern Attraction · 240 m
- Real Fortaleza de São Filipe Attraction · 250 m
- UNESCO Património Mundial Attraction · 350 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
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