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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts
Gaspar Frutuoso wrote Saudades da Terra, the first history of the Azores and Macaronesia, in the 1580s.. A small number of alleged hypogea (underground structures carved into rocks) have been identified on the islands of Corvo, Santa Maria, and Terceira by Portuguese archaeologist Nuno Ribeiro, who speculated that they might date back 2,000 years, implying a human presence on the island before ...
Portugal Azores location map.svg Module:Location map/data/Portugal Azores is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Azores . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
The first Azorean historians referred to this parish, owing to the settlement of Inês da Maia, a noblewoman that established a home here in the 15th century. [ 3 ] The settlement of the community dates back to the early settlement of Ribeira Grande; the construction of the main church was begun at the end of the 15th century. [ 3 ]
Map of the Azores Islands (1584) by Abraham Ortelius. The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
São Bento is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores.The population in 2011 was 2,000, [1] in an area of 10.34 km². [2] The parish lies at an elevation of 65 metres above sea level.
Madalena is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,581, [ 1 ] in an area of 35.59 km². [ 2 ] The parish of Madalena is the authority responsible for the administration and distribution of social services and economic programs in the local seat of the municipality ...