CHURCH OF NOSSA SENHORA DO CABO

The church of Nossa Senhora do Cabo would have been built on the very site of a stele dedicated to the Virgin Mary that existed before the arrival, in 1575, of the first envoy of the King of Portugal to the Kingdom of Kongo. Its construction was completed in 1669. The church will have several restorations over the next three centuries, the two most recent dating from 1961 and 2003. This primitive chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Ilha do Cabo is undoubtedly one of the first Catholic constructions in Angola and Africa.