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Fortress of Muxima
Fortaleza de Muxima
Muxima Fort
LocationMuxima, Angola
Built1599

The Fortress of Muxima (Portuguese: Fortaleza de Muxima), built of stone and mortar in 1599, is situated in the Bengo Province of Angola next to the Cuanza River.[1]

  1. ^ Valdez, F. T. (1861), Six Years of a Traveller's Life in Western Africa, Vol. II, Hurst and Blackett.

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