Ruins of Real do São Filpe Fort

Creator

David Baxter

Slide ID

CV-80-238

_pkUnique ID

CV80238

Slide Date

1980

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Island

Santiago

Identifier

CV80238

City / Village

Cidade Velha

Date

1980

Description

A view of the exterior wall of Real do São Felipe Fort, now in ruins and overlooking Cidade Velha, a village on Santiago. The fort was built in the 17th century to defend Rebiera Grande, the former capital of Cape Verde, from sea attack.

Keywords

fort; ruin; landscape;

Notes

http://www.capeverdeweb.com/cidade_velha.asp
Retrieved 22 August 2012

Copyright

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Box

1

Folder

3

Image Dimensions

3470x5270

Software

VueScan

Date Time Scanned

17-8-2010 12:00 AM

Color Space

RGB

File Size

3.0 MB

Document Type

Image

Recommended Citation

Baxter, David, "Ruins of Real do São Filpe Fort" (1980). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 204.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/204

Province or Jurisdiction

Ribeira Grande de Santiago