Ai Pelo Prison

Ai Pelo Prison
Prisão do Ai Pelo
Ai Pelo Prison, 2018
Interactive map of the Ai Pelo Prison area
General information
TypePrison
Architectural stylePortuguese colonial
LocationRaucasa, Lauhata, Liquiçá Municipality, East Timor
Coordinates8°34′11″S 125°22′53″E / 8.569697°S 125.381451°E / -8.569697; 125.381451
Completed1889
OwnerGovernment of East Timor

Ai Pelo Prison or Aipelo Prison (Portuguese: Prisão do Ai Pelo / Aipelo, Tetum: Prizaun Ai Pelo / Aipelo) is an historic late nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial prison in the Lauhata suco, East Timor, adjacent to the Savu Sea. It was deactivated in 1939 and is now a ruin.

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