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Praca Da Independecia

Maputo, Mozambique

Praca da Independenciaa (Independence Square) is a public square and focal point of Maput, Mozambique. It was built by the Portuguese as Praca Mouzinho de Albuquerque (Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square) and was dominated by a statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque, the former governor-general of Portuguese Mozambique. The statue of Mouzinho on horseback was inaugurated in 1940. After the independence of Mozambique in 1975 the square was renamed Praca da Independencia, and the statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque was removed to Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao and replaced by a statue of Samora Machel (1933-1986), the first president of Mozambique. The square is now dominated by the much larger Samora Machel Statue, which was built and dedicated in 2011.

Praca da Independencia is flanked to the north by the Maputo City Hal land to the east by Cathredal of Our Lady of the immaculate conception. Iron House, designed by Gustave Eiffel for the governor of Mozambique, is located just off the square. Tunduru Gardens, designed in 1885 by British gardener Thomas Honney, is located one block south of the square.

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