Later, Portugal negotiated with Holland and regained the site in a trade for Flores in 1851, which was occupied by the Portuguese at that time.
In 2000, on the western outskirts of the village, the UNTAET Crime Scene Detachment conducted sixteen exhumations in two days, most being victims of the Manuel Carrascalão House Massacre in Dili.
[2] The Parish Church of Maubara is a small rectangular building built in a neoclassic style.
[3] The Customs' house (Posto de Alfândega) was built in 1920 opposite the fort on the main road.
[4] Escola de Padre Medeiros, a former school built in the first half of the 19th century, was torn down by the Diocese of Maliana and rebuilt in the original style as a residential building.