Rua Serpa Pinto

Rua Serpa Pinto

António Loreno Square, on the right is Rua Serpa Pinto, a portion is pedestrianized
Namesake	Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
Length	710 m (2,330 ft)
Addresses	Northward
Location	Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
South end	Presidential Palace
Major junctions	Rua Fontes P(ereira). de Melo, Rua Júlio Abreu Rua Patrice Lumumba Rua João de Chapuzet Praça António Loreno Rua Dr. António Loreno Rua Abílio Macedo Rua Dr. Manuel Arreaga
North end	Praça Domingos Ramos

There is also Rua Serpa Pinto in the neighbourhood of Mártires in Lisbon, Portugal

Rua Serpa Pinto is a street in the Plateau of Praia, in the very center of Praia, Santiago island, Cape Verde. It is one of the major streets of the city, it is one of two south-north streets running in the middle of the plateau. It runs south to north alongside Praia da Gamboa and Negra and Praia Harbor. It is about 710 meters long, the portion at Praça António Loreno is a pathway. Its elevation above sea level ranges from 30 meters in the south to 38 meters in the northcentral portion. Address numbers are ordered northward. The street is named after Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, an explorer in the late 19th century, he was also colonial governor of Cape Verde for nearly a year in 1897, it is one of the street names that are still named after a colonial governor during Portuguese rule today.

The street begins after the left curve at an intersection north of the Presidential Palace (Palácio Presdiencial). After the next street, it enters the east of Praça Alexandre Albuquerque, three intersections followed, the first is Fontes P. de Melo, the second is Rua Júlio Abreu and the third Rua Patrice Lumumba. The Our Lady of Grace Cathedral is on the right, in the north, the National Justice Building is also located. Three more intersections are followed including the narrow pathway named Pereira Sampaio and João da Matta Chapuzet, the portion becomes a pathway. Auto traffic to another portion enters via Avenida Andrade Corvo and Rua Dr. António Loreno, the south portion are filled with a parking lot on either side. On the west side is Escola Grande at the street number of 29, Praia's and Cape Verde's first school (once called Escola Central until the 1960s) with its building out of neoclassical architecture and Café de Sofia with its building out of modern architecture. The remainder north of Rua Dr António Loreno is a street, three more intersections follows, the remaining two streets are Abílio Macedo and Dr. Manuel Arreaga. The street ends at Praça Domingos Ramos and its street, the northwest part enters Avenida Amílcar Cabral and the main road to the north of the island (EN1-ST01). Inside the circle is a statue of Domingos Ramos.