Avenida Andrade Corvo (formerly ''Rua do Corvo'') is an avenue in the

Plateau of Praia ''Plateau'' is the historic centre of the capital city of Praia on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It gets its name (from French “plateau”) because it is situated on a plateau overlooking the port of Praia. Its average elevation is 37 met ...

, in the city centre of

Praia Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

island,

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

.Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia
Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 316, 321-330 It was named in honour of 19th-century Portuguese politician

João de Andrade Corvo João de Andrade Corvo (30 January 182416 February 1890) was a Portuguese statesman, diplomat, writer, and agronomist. Biography Early life and education João de Andrade Corvo was born in Torres Novas, in the Kingdom of Portugal on 30 January ...

. It runs south to north in the eastern part of the Plateau, parallel to

Rua Serpa Pinto ''There is also Rua Serpa Pinto in the neighbourhood of Mártires in Lisbon, Portugal'' Rua Serpa Pinto (formerly ''Rua do Lencastre'') is a street in the Plateau, the historic centre of Praia, Santiago island, Cape Verde.

. Its northern end is formed by

Praça Luís de Camões Praça Luís de Camões (also known as ''Praça António Lereno'', formerly ''Pracinha da Escola Grande'') is the second main square of the capital city of Praia, Cape Verde.Quartel Jaime Mota Quartel Jaime Mota is a historical building in the historic city centre (Plateau) of Praia, Cape Verde. It is situated at the southern end of Avenida Andrade Corvo, near the Presidential Palace of Cape Verde. It was built between 1823 and 1826 as ...

, military barracks built in 1872 * Presidential Palace of Cape Verde (rear) * Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace (rear) *Palace of Justice (rear) *townhouse Cor-de-rosa, built at the end of the 19th century Praia - Kaserne 19

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