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The city of Brazzaville was founded in 1883 by the Italian-born French explorer and colonial administrator Pierre de Brazza.
The city was established when the French "purchased" the village of Ntamo, subsequently developing the site into a European administrative and residential center. While Pierre de Brazza had signed treaties establishing a French protectorate in the region in 1880, the formal founding of the city occurred in 1883.123