Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande
African & Afro-Diasporic Sacred site / complex
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande is cataloged as a Sacred site / complex within African & Afro-Diasporic. Its candidate country context is “Cape Verde” and its period or origin is “15th–18th centuries.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Cape Verdean Catholic and Atlantic religious heritage.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande
- Parent tradition
- Cape Verdean Catholic and Atlantic religious heritage
- Public geographic context
- Cape Verde
- Period / origin
- 15th–18th centuries
- Living / historical status
- Documented bounded historical or archaeological sacred complex
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateCape Verde
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Stable attribution
Cite this record
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 3376. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/3376
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA