Linzolo
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Linzolo is a small town and suburb of Brazzaville
in the Pool Department of the Republic of Congo.
on the Cataractes plateau on the west side of the river, was the chosen site between 1881 and 1883 for the founding of the oldest Catholic Mission in the Congo with that of Loango. The Mission of Linzolo was created on September 22, 1883, and the chapel completed in 1885. It was the oldest building in the country, unfortunately destroyed by fire in recent years. A modern chapel with carved reliefs replaced it.
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
in the Pool Department of the Republic of Congo.
History
The town of Linzolo, located 20 km south of Brazzaville and the Livingstone FallsLivingstone Falls
Livingstone Falls — named for the explorer David Livingstone — are a succession of enormous rapids on the lower course of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa, downstream from Malebo Pool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.-Description:Livingstone Falls consist of a series of rapids...
on the Cataractes plateau on the west side of the river, was the chosen site between 1881 and 1883 for the founding of the oldest Catholic Mission in the Congo with that of Loango. The Mission of Linzolo was created on September 22, 1883, and the chapel completed in 1885. It was the oldest building in the country, unfortunately destroyed by fire in recent years. A modern chapel with carved reliefs replaced it.