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The oldest Portuguese chapel in East Africa

Writings about the chapel. [PHOTO/JAMES WANZALA/STANDARD]

The little-known Portuguese Chapel, also known as St Francis Xavier Chapel, is located on the seafront about 100 metres from the waterline at Shella area on Mama Ngina Road in Old Town, Malindi.

Clocking 517 years now, the walls have defied time and still stand strong. It is sandwiched between flats near Malindi Law Courts and you can hardly see it.

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