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Background
Mauritian capital Port-Louis, was founded in XVIII century.Frenchman Mae-de-la-Burdone, after which later was named the largest of the Seychelles Islands.Currently, the port is the only commercial port and ocean island.
His name Port Louis to the French King Louis XV.The capital of Mauritius, which combines a mixture of five major crops (Creole, French, English, Indian and Chinese), still keeps fabric away.This wonderful old town with paved streets cloaks atmosphere cordial environment posed by local residents, making sure tourists feel at home.All of the city streets are French names, and in residential areas can be seen near the minarets of Muslim mosques and Hindu temples towers.
The Port also have Catholic church and a mosque Dumma is an impressive building with the slenderest of threads artful gates.In downtown city, Curepipe embassies are located, large, luxury villas know, the municipality building, which was built in the colonial style, and one of the oldest royal colleges Natural History Museum.
Port Louis from all directions protected mountain chain that once made it the ideal location for the construction of fortifications and castles.Some of them survived to our time - such as Port Adelaide.
But the most famous attractions is the market town, full of vegetables, juicy exotic fruits, spices, spices, kitchen utensils, handicrafts, souvenirs, shells and jewelry.
District Codan and Water Fronts are many shops, restaurants, cinemas and casinos (not only on the island).
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