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Mbanza Kongo

Capital of the Kingdom of Kongo from around 1390 until 1914, on a plateau overlooking the Congo River valley in northern Angola - one of the largest states in southern Africa across the 14th-19th centuries, and the site in sub-Saharan Africa that best illustrates the profound changes brought by early Christian conversion and the arrival of Europeans. Surviving remains include the royal palace, the Cathedral of São Salvador de Congo, noble houses and the royal cemetery.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1390 CE mainstream
  Mbanza Kongo founded as the Kongo kingdom's capital source
• 2017 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

6.2667° S, 14.2500° E

Sources

• https://www.britannica.com/place/Mbanza-Congo
• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1511

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