The cistern. Fortress Forte Real de Sao Filipe. Cidade Velha, historic center of Ribeira Grande, listed as UNESCO world heritage. Island of Santiago (Ilha de Santiago), Islands of Cape Verde in the equatorial Atlantic.

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