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Bissau Velho Heritage Days in Bissau Velho
Bissau Velho, the old colonial quarter of Guinea-Bissau's capital, holds the city's main protected landmarks, including Amura Fortress, Se Catedral, and the Attadamun Mosque. Local institutions run periodic heritage programming in the district, but no independently confirmed recurring event named Bissau Velho Heritage Days, with fixed dates or an organizing body, could be verified.
Bissau Velho is the old colonial quarter of Guinea-Bissau's capital, built around the Portuguese-era street grid that predates the country's 1974 independence, and it holds the bulk of the city's protected historic architecture: the Amura Fortress, which contains Amilcar Cabral's mausoleum, the Se Catedral, the Attadamun Mosque, the colonial-era Post Office building, and the National Institute of Arts.