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There is a decidedly Latin flavor to the architecture, more accurately Portuguese, I’m

sure. The harbor is dramatic, surrounded by other arid islands of the archipelago that

are coated with Saharan sands blown over the seas from the African mainland. We

saw the oldest building in the city which was originally a fort (called Furtin del Rey)

and later a prison and probably somewhere in between a place for housing slaves

before they were thrown into the ships for the transatlantic passage. There is

currently a family living in the structure that is a pale yellow and sat on a hill

overlooking the busy harbor. Apparently, the port is once again a source of

economic progress for this city and we saw many sailing boats and yachts in the calm

and blue-green waters of the protected harbor.

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