The Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo and the Mota Engil Foundation have committed one million euros to the restoration of the Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Baluarte on the island of Mozambique, the oldest stone building on the Indian coast.
“This is a unique and unique heritage that is important to rehabilitate, especially considering that its structure is very damaged,” explained António Costa Moura, the Portuguese Ambassador to Mozambique, during the signing of a package of memorandums with the Mozambican ministry. Culture and tourism, including an agreement to restore the chapel.
The chapel, whose restoration project began in February this year, is a classified cultural heritage site, the only example of Manueline architecture in Mozambique, a building built in 1522 by the Portuguese Armada on its way to India and located within the perimeter of the chapel. Fortress of San Sebastian.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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