Palacio do Povo

Across from the Cathedral. Cannot Go In.

It's where the former Portuguese governors lived and worked. Well kept, you cannot go in and they discourage photos. Nice old building.

Across from the Cathedral. Cannot Go In.

It's where the former Portuguese governors lived and worked. Well kept, you cannot go in and they discourage photos. Nice old building.

Pink, big, don't take photos

Best maintained building in Sao Tome with nice cars. Not allowed to take photos apparently. Look at the cars and wonder why the money is not spent on the poor.

Pink, big, don't take photos

Best maintained building in Sao Tome with nice cars. Not allowed to take photos apparently. Look at the cars and wonder why the money is not spent on the poor.

trying to imagine the past

Whatever one can say about Portugal's colonial past, one has to admit that they left some great architecture behind. As before on my trip to Cape Verde Islands here again on São Tomé one encounters an...