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Español: Locación de las Azores, de Madeira y de las Canarias en el Atlántico norte. English: Location of the Portuguese Azores and Madeira and Spanish Canary Islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
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 ...
Vila Franca Islet (Portuguese: Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo) is a vegetated uninhabited islet located off the south-central coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, lying south of Vila Franca do Campo.
The Azores are group of nine inhabited islands (an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean) in Macaronesia, an autonomous region of Portugal, and region of North Africa. Subcategories This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
Ribeira Seca (Portuguese for dry river) is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,950, [1] in an area of 12.59 km 2. [2] It is located near the north coast of the island. It contains the localities Bandejo, Morro de Cima and Ribeira Seca.
Angra do Heroísmo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ ðu eɾuˈiʒmu] ⓘ), or simply Angra, [1] [2] is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores.
The Teatro Angrense is located on Rua da Esperança in the historic centre of Angra do Heroísmo, on Terceira Island, in the Azores, Portugal. The town centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The theatre is the town's main performance venue.
Feteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel , on the south coast. The population in 2011 was 1,571, [ 1 ] in an area of 23.53 square kilometres (9.08 sq mi).