Palácio e Capela de São Paulo
Also known as Palace and Chapel of São Paulo
1610
Colonial
palace
The Palace and Chapel of São Paulo stands on the Largo de São Paulo in the town fabric of Ilha de Moçambique as a Portuguese colonial palace-chapel complex whose layered history runs from the early seventeenth century through the colonial…
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- 1670-1674
The complex was destroyed by fire in 1670 and rebuilt by 1674.
- 1763
The building was converted for the Governor General of Mozambique after the Jesuit expulsion.
- 1898
The complex ceased to be the Governor General's seat when the colonial capital moved to Lourenço Marques, now Maputo.
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