Cidade Velha, founded by the Portuguese in 1462, is the oldest European settlement in the tropics.

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Guide Joao Monteiro steps lightly amidst the ruins of a 16th century fort, on a hill overlooking the town of Cidade Velha on the southern coast of the Cape Verdean island of Santiago.

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