Liceu Domingos Ramos, Secondary school in Plateau district, Praia, Cape Verde.
Liceu Domingos Ramos is a secondary school in Praia's Plateau district with a distinctive L-shaped Art Deco structure. The building features Portuguese azulejo tiles throughout its interior and sits at the intersection of Avenida Amílcar Cabral and Rua Serpa Pinto.
The school was established in 1960 as Liceu Adriano Moreira and received its current name in 1975 following Cape Verde's independence, honoring independence activist Domingos Ramos. The name change marked the country's transition to a new national identity.
The building displays Portuguese architectural elements and decorative ceramic panels that show images from the colonial period. These handcrafted details tell stories that are visible throughout the daily school environment.
The building sits centrally on the Plateau and is easily accessible via the two main streets that border its corners. The architecture with its open interior spaces makes it simple to explore the different parts of the school and understand how the spaces are organized.
The school has educated many leading figures of the island nation who later held important government and political positions. Many of them significantly shaped the country's direction after independence.
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