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São Jorge (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ˈʒɔɾʒɨ]) is an island in the central group of the Azores archipelago and part of the autonomous region of Portugal. Separated from its nearest neighbours ( Pico and Faial islands) by the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) Pico-São Jorge Channel, the central group is often referred colloquially as part of ...
Ponta dos Rosais is situated 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level on the extreme northwestern tip of the island of São Jorge. [2] The waters around Ponta dos Rosais consist of an oceanic plateau known as Baixa da Ponta dos Rosais : this plateau extends out north-northwest from the promontory. [ 2 ]
Calheta (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈʎetɐ] ⓘ) is a municipality on the island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality includes the eastern portion of the island of São Jorge and borders the municipality of Velas. The population in 2011 was 3,773, [1] in an area of 126.26 km 2. [2]
The Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário) is a 16th-century Azorean temple in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, municipality of Calheta, being reconstructed after the Mandado de Deus earthquake that affected the islands of São Jorge and Pico.
Domingos Maria Xavier Rebelo (Ponta Delgada, 3 December 1891 – Lisbon, 11 January 1975), better known as Domingos Rebelo, was a teacher and Azorean regionalist painter, author of many iconographic representations of the Azores, in particular his painting Os Emigrantes, his most recognizable image (of immigrants on the dock of Ponta Delgada);
Guardiães do Mar dos Açores: uma viagem pelas ilhas do Atlântico [Guardians of the Sea of the Azores: a trip across the Atlantic islands]. p. 289. ISBN 972-9060-47-9 . Ministério das Obras Públicas, ed. (1957), Relatório da Actividade do Ministério no ano de 1956 (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal {{ citation }} : CS1 maint: location ...
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Ribeira Seca is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese Azores.The population in 2011 was 1,025, [1] in an area of 53.77 km 2. [2] It contains the localities Aveiro, Caldeira de Cima, Caminhos Novos, Canada de Baixo, Faja da Entre Ribeiras, Fajã da Figueira, Fajã da Fonte Nicolau, Fajã das Cubres, Fajã de Além, Fajã do Belo, Fajã do Sanguinhal ...