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May 19, 2024

　　The body of Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who founded the settlement that became Brazzaville, was returned to Congo in 2006 and is interred in this gleaming memorial. Outside there's a statue of the man himself surveying his creation.

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Brazza Memorial
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