Photos by Carlos Lopes Bento : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Each day that passes, the roots grow and take over in a tight hug ever, abandoned by the graves of men.

This chapel was built in 1889 inside the cemetery Munawa also the same date.

The decoration of their graves reflects the wealth and high social status attained by the people of the Christian Ibo village.

Inside there are pictures and cruxificos of great historical value, and to highlight the image of wood, painted black, African Saint Benedict, put on your altar, which is published below.

This Chapel is located inside the Fortress of St. John the Baptist.

In 1795 it was placed the image of Santo and duly ornamented with: a crucifix, a chalice of silver gilt foot with tin, a spoon of silver, a silver paten of gold, a golden missal, a stone of ara , two brass candlesticks, small, a deep blue sea with its white ISOP copper, 2 in front of Damascus white and red, among others.

St. Benedict, a descendant of slaves from Ethiopia, was born in Italy in 1562 and was a great defender of the oppressed. It is a very dear Santo in Brazil.

The image of this saint, all painted black, was in the Chapel Cemetery Munawa and was blessed on January 20, 1892.

In 1971, to guard against the greed of others, was deposited in the Municipality of Ibo.

The first Governor and Captain-General of the Islands had it built in 1764, brand new in the Ibo village, the Chapel of St. John the Baptist. It would be of low walls and covered the Macuto or grass.

This chapel also served as military chapel, supporting the garrison until the construction of the fortress of St. John the Baptist (1789-1794).

Between 1796 and 1798 were in it, made ​​a number of burials under the choir, with banks, according to the social status of each deceased had while alive. It was the social affirmation of family members living with the help of their dead.

On 21 October 1816, with the attack of the chapel Sakalava Ibo was reduced to ashes after this date will have been broadened to refer to as the Church of St. John the Baptist.

Was severely damaged due to a large earthquake that took place in 1879.

In the early 1970s, the Church of St. John the Baptist, both indoor and outdoor, was well preserved.

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This stronghold (rituto in KiMwani) or fort is located SSE of the village of Ibo, at one end and near the beach and is based on coral and stone in its construction, completed in 1819, we used cut stone, lime locally manufactured.

An almost square, measuring 16.75 meters front and 17.35 in the background. In the center rises a pillar with a height of 3.5 meters and 7.58 meters 7.64 meters from the front and bottom. From this place, where a mast was to raise the royal flag, vessels could be seen at a great distance and transmitted to the events, by signs, to the residence of the Governor.

In front of that bastion indicates a headstone, but erroneously, 1847 as date of construction and the name of the governor responsible for it. In this day has undergone only major repairs. Its construction had started in October 1818 and ended in mid-1819. The lust for glory often leads to the misrepresentation of facts.

The main reason that led to his removal was the defense of the island of Ibo, which at this point, I expected another attack of the Sakalava, which, in 1808, as it had done much damage to the mother church and reduced to ashes.

For many years the three military fortifications, S. Joseph, S. John the Baptist and St º António-formed, depending on the circumstances, both local protection in case of attacks from outside as instruments of coercion and repression, especially of elements of the population most rebellious presence and its objectives, values ​​and symbols, the time considered as legitimate and imposition of recognition internacinal.

Lost its military value, these monuments have a promising future ahead. Expect that tourists, both domestic and foreign, come to know their history and appreciate its harmony and beauty.

Rururbano part of the neighborhood with its houses built along narrow streets, crooked and misaligned. This fact contradicts the Regulation of the police service, cleaning and sanitation of the municipality Ibo of 03.03.1898 (BCNyassa, paragraph 3, of 05.14.1898) which stated that "the indigenous neighborhoods will be established in the Street on July 27 and in land outside the village (...). will be divided into eight feet wide streets, and the huts remain closely aligned, well built and good looking exterior. "

In the picture we see the Street on July 27 to separate the two realities. In its prolongation, the northern part, is Fortescue of St. Anthony.

In 1971, as can be seen in the photo, still vegetating in courtyard of the Fortress, a leafy mango tree, and quietly changing, will witness the last gasps of many political prisoners, kept there by the Portuguese political police (PIDE / DGS) , which was then responsible for the management and security of that fortress. 07/21/2009.

Uma das marginais, com candeeiros típicos, da Vila do Ibo. Entrada na Vila, que liga esta ao campo de aviação, sito no leste da Ilha.

Foi em 1761 que a povoação do Ibo foi erigida em vila, mas apenas em 1764 foi instalada a Câmara e o 1ºGovernador e cap-mor, Caetano Alberto Júdice, chegou ao Ibo, que passou a ser a capital doas Ilhas de Querimba, até aí, sedeada na ilha de Querimba.

A nova Vila, que passou a designar-se Vila de S. João Baptista do Ibo, onde foi levantado um pelourinho, " assenta a NO da ilha e consta de dois bairros: o europeu e o indígena. O bairro europeu compões de duas ruas pricipais, a rua de El-Rei e a rua Maria Pia, que correm proximamente E/O(...) É nesta parte da vila que residem europeus, baneanes, mouros da Índia e as principais famílias de crioulos da ilha. O bairro indígena fica a E do bairro europeu e é formado por muitas aplhotas entre palmares. Neste bairro há também duas ruas principais, a de Sá da Bandeira e a de 27 de Julho. ..."( Diário da Expedição de Serpa Pinto, p.5)

Posteriormente, houve mudança de toponímia com a implantação da República Portuguesa(1910) e da República Popular de Moçambique(1975) ~

~One of the marginal streets with lamps typical of Vila do Ibo. Entering the village, connecting it to the airfield, located east of the island.

It was in 1761 that the village of Ibo was erected in the village, but only in 1764 was established the Board and the 1st Governor and cap-mor, Caetano Alberto Judice, came to the Ibo, which became the capital donate Islands Querimba has hitherto based on the island of Querimba.

The new town, which changed its name to the village of S. Ibo Baptist, where he was raised a pillory, "based on the island and the NO consists of two neighborhoods: the European and indigenous. The European district composed of the two pricipais streets, the street of King Street and Maria Pia, which run near E / O (...) It is this part of town resident Europeans banean, Moors from India and Creoles of the principal families of the island. The district is Indian and the European district and consists of many aplhotas between palms. In this neighborhood there are two main streets, and de Sá da Bandeira, 27 July. ... "(Daily Dispatch of Serpa Pinto, p.5)

A subsequent change of place names with the deployment