Main Sights
Landmarks in the colonial city center include Albuquerque Square, the old city hall built in the 1920s, the Presidential Palace, which was constructed in the end of the 19th century to house the Portuguese governor and the Monumento de Diogo Gomes, named after the Portuguese navigator who discovered the island of Santiago in 1460. There is no National Museum in Praia, but the Museu Etnográfico (Ethnographic Museum), which was founded in 1997, is worth a visit. Some of the oldest buildings in Praia are Jaime Mota Barracks (Quartel Jaime Mota) dating from 1826.
Outside the colonial city center, Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, the most modern street of Praia, is worth a visit.
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