500-Year-Old Church Discovered in Slave Trade Settlement

Deformed by floods and possibly visited by famed naturalist Charles Darwin, the church had been built by Portuguese colonizers in Cidade Velha, the former capital of the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa. The historic settlement was recently made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For hundreds of years, Cape Verde was a place where African slaves were held and sold before being sent to Portugal and the Americas.