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  2. Catholic University of Mozambique - Wikipedia

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    The initiative to create the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM) came up during the peace negotiations in Rome between FRELIMO and RENAMO.In June 1992, negotiations were deadlocked; later, the mediator, Dom Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, Archbishop of Beira, presented the idea to establish a quality university for the center and north of Mozambique and to correct the unequal concentration of ...

  3. Maputo University - Wikipedia

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    According to the institution's founding decree, its name is Maputo University, but it is commonly referred to as Maputo Pedagogical University. UniMaputo has its headquarters and main campus in Maputo and, until 2019, had delegations in all provinces of the country, when it was affected by an extensive administrative reform that limited its ...

  4. Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques

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    The Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Lourenço Marques, nowadays known as the Maputo Fortress (Fortaleza de Maputo) is located at Praça 25 de Junho and represents one of the main historical monuments of the city of Maputo, former Lourenço Marques, in Mozambique. It has a square floor plan, built in reddish stone masonry.

  5. Maputo City Hall - Wikipedia

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    José Maria da Silva Cardoso, the Mayor of Lourenço Marques, as Maputo was known in the colonial period, opened an architecture competition for a new city hall in the 1930s. The need for a new city hall was spurred by the ongoing growth of the colonial city. The Portuguese-Brazilian architect Carlos César dos Santos won

  6. Brazilian cruzeiro (1942–1967) - Wikipedia

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    In 1962, Law 4190 established that Cruzeiro banknotes would have the words "República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil", "Tesouro Nacional" and "Valor Legal" on the obverse of the banknotes and established the issuing of the Cr$5,000 banknote, which was put into circulation in 1963.

  7. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Maputo

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    The cathedral is located on Praça da Independência (Independence Square) next to Hotel Rovuma and Maputo City Hall. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The foundation stone for the construction of the church was laid on June 28, 1936, and is located inside the narthex and inscribed by the Bishop of Mozambique and Cape ...

  8. Praça da Independência - Wikipedia

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    Praça da Independência (English: Independence Square) is a public square and focal point of Maputo, Mozambique. [1] It was built by the Portuguese as Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque ( Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square ) and was dominated by a statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque , the former governor-general of Portuguese Mozambique .

  9. First Brazilian Republic - Wikipedia

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    This quest lurched back and forth between state autonomy and centralization. The constitution of 1891, establishing the United States of Brazil (Estados Unidos do Brasil), granted extensive autonomy to the provinces, now called States. A federal system was adopted, and all powers not granted in the Constitution to the Federal Government ...