Mashonaland Central
41 sites
ScenicAn Avenue of Kapok Trees outside Shamva
Mashonaland Central
HistoricAntonio Fernandes, probably the first European traveller to Zimbabwe in 1511 - 12
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Rock ArtChavadzimu rock art shelter
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Rock ArtChikupo Rock Art Shelter – the Central Cave
Mashonaland Central
Rock ArtChikupo Rock Art Shelter – the Northern Cave
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Rock ArtChikupo Rock Art Shelter – the Southern Cave
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Rock ArtChikupo Rock Art Shelter – the Western Cave
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CulturalChinese mining companies are causing turmoil in the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area
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RuinsChisvingo and Nhunguza monuments, Masembura Communal Lands
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HistoricDambarare – an Afro-Portuguese Feira site
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HistoricDan Judson and the Africa Transcontinental Telegraph Co
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CulturalDouglas Tannahill – a tribute to an artist and his connection with Shamva
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CulturalFrancisco Barreto’s military expedition up the Zambesi river in 1569 to conquer the gold mines of Mwenemutapa (Monomotapa)
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ScenicHorse riding in the Mavuradonha with Varden Safaris
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HistoricHow Portuguese trade developed in Mozambique during the 16th/17th Centuries prior to the establishment of the feiras in the Mutapa State
Mashonaland Central
HistoricMassapa (Baranda Farm) – an Afro-Portuguese Feira site in Mashonaland Central
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Rock ArtMumurgwe Hill, or Lion’s Head
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CulturalNext year will be better and the verse of ‘T’
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CulturalShamva
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CulturalSome important Shona customs and ceremonies
Mashonaland Central
CulturalTengenenge Sculpture Village
Mashonaland Central
CulturalThe 1561 martyrdom of Dom Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J.
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HistoricThe June 1896 Mazoe Patrol skirmish with detailed accounts from those besieged and their Mashona attackers
Mashonaland Central
CulturalThe Kirby family and their Salvation Army connection in early Rhodesia with the Pearson Settlement Farm from 1920 and the Howard Institute from 1923 (Part 1 of 2)
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CulturalThe Mutapa (Mwenemutapa, Monomotapa) State in its heyday c.1480 – c.1623
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CulturalThe Native Commissioner – the early years
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HistoricThe Portuguese Feiras and trading settlements of the 16th – 17th century on the Northern Mashonaland Plateau and Manicaland
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HistoricThe Siege of Deary’s Store at Abercorn June 21st – July 13th, 1896
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HistoricThe decline of the Mutapa state c.1623 – c.1902
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CulturalThe importance of the Ancestors and the installation of a Chief
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CulturalThe rise of the Mutapa State and the early arrival of the Portuguese c.1450 - c.1480
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Game ParkThetford Game Reserve
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Game ParkThetford Game Reserve Rock Art Site
Mashonaland Central
CulturalThree Ceremonies for the Dead
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CulturalTraditional Leaders in Zimbabwe are still seen as influential, but in all provinces citizens overwhelmingly want them to stay out of politics
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ScenicUmfurudzi Park
Mashonaland Central
HistoricVasco Fernandes Homem and the search for the Mutapa state’s fabled gold mines 1574-5
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HistoricWhy did Portugal establish bases on the East African Coast, now Mozambique in the early sixteenth Century?
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OtherZimbabwe has wonderful birdlife – take a guided tour with an expert
Mashonaland Central
HistoricZimbabwe timeline
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ScenicZombepata
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