Mausoleum of Neto

Another place on the list of the most famous monuments in Angola is the Mausoleum of Neto. Agostinho Neto is regarded as the founding father of modern Angola. He was the first president of Angola after the country gained independence in 1974. He died in 1979 and was embalmed and put on a show in an open casket, visiting the popular monuments in Algeria, as prescribed by socialist norms at the time.

However, after years of neglect, Neto's body had to be placed in a locked casket, where he remains to this day. Neto's mausoleum is designed like an upside-down rose. The Mausoleum of Neto is difficult to miss because it occupies a large portion of beautiful beachfront real estate.