“…This office coordinated a unit of architectural and engineering projects, based in Lisbon, the mission of which was to delineate urban plans for the Portuguese colonies, modernising and homogenising the construction environment of Portuguese works spread throughout the different Portuguese-speaking African countries. In the case of the City of Praia, the New State, as this government was known, consolidated the Plateau's urban grid with the construction of Liceu Domingos Ramos secondary school, in 1960, at the far north of the upland Plateau [17]. The 20th century represents the last stage of growth driven by the Portuguese of the City of Praia through the Urbanisation Plan.…”