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RE: Shaka's Travel Photo Book, Entry #1 - Luís de Camões Square, Lagos (Portugal)
Beautiful pictures...I'd never heard of Lagos, Portugal before. Once, I spent 6 weeks in Cadiz, Spain. So I have feel of the place when I look at these picture. Couldn't place it in my head so I looked for a map. Just in case anyone else is wondering where exactly Lagos is, here's a map (public domain) from 1700. Many things may have changed in the last 300 years, but Lagos is still there :)
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It was the same for me, before I went there I only knew about Lagos in Nigeria. Interestingly, the African Lagos got it's name from it's Portuguese "discoverers" in 1472. For a long time Lagos was the main port where the Portuguese vessels departed towards Africa. It's an exciting place with a rich history.
I'm a map person, and a history person. Usually colonialists imposed names of their home country on conquered lands. This is kind of reverse colonialism. I was curious and guessed that it must be tied to the slave trade. Sure enough.. Lagos was the entry point for slaves coming into Europe. Fascinating. Looked it up: https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/new-lagos-museum-focuses-on-citys-role-in-european-slavery-trade/26858
Did you see references to this history (as slave trading port) while you were there?
Yes, it was Lagos to were the very first slaves were brought to Europe. The African voyages of the Portuguese started all this. I had visited the old slave market, whose building still exists. But I didn't take photos of it.