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2. Santa Maria Island - Wikipedia

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   Santa Maria (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ mɐˈɾi.ɐ]) is an island in the eastern group of the Azores archipelago (south of the island of São Miguel) and the southernmost island in the Azores. The island is known for its white sand beaches, distinctive chimneys, and dry warm weather.

3. Santa Maria Natural Park - Wikipedia

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   Santa Maria Natural Park (Portuguese: Parque Natural de Santa Maria) is a protected area on Santa Maria Island in the Azores.The park was created by the Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (Regional Secretariate for the Environment and Oceans), of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores to better manage the protected areas of Santa Maria Island.

4. Almagreira (Vila do Porto) - Wikipedia

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   The unique white sand beaches of Praia Formosa, created from alluvial runoff, and extending along the southern coast. Almagreira is situated in the central southern coast of the island of Santa Maria, limited on the east by the Ribeira do Gato, north-east the regional road dissecting the watersheds of the Ribeira da Praia/Farropo and Ribeira do Salto, north and north-west by the Ribeira de ...

5. Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo - Wikipedia

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   The Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo (Portuguese: Monumento Natural Regional da Pedreira do Campo), which singularly translated means field quarry, is an area located west of Pico do Facho and Ponta do Figueiral, in the civil parish and municipality of Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria in the Eastern Group of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

6. List of beaches in the Azores - Wikipedia

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   6 Santa Maria. 7 São Miguel. 8 São Jorge. 9 Terceira. 10 See also. ... The following is a list of the prominent beaches and or tidal swimming areas in the islands ...

7. Vila do Porto - Wikipedia

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   Santa Maria was the first island in the archipelago to be discovered by Diogo Silves in 1427. [3] By 2 July 1439, a royal charter from Infante D. Pedro, regent of D. Afonso V, referred to the fact that Prince Henry the Navigator had ordered that sheep be set ashore along the seven islands of the Azores (since Corvo and Flores had, at the time, not been discovered). [3]

8. Fort of São Brás (Vila do Porto) - Wikipedia

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   The Fort of São Brás (Portuguese: Forte de São Brás) is a 17th-century maritime fort situated on the southern cliffs of the civil parish of Vila do Porto, municipality of the same name, on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, in the archipelago of the Azores.

9. Vila do Porto (parish) - Wikipedia

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   Vila do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ðu ˈpoɾtu]) is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Porto, located on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. It is the southernmost and easternmost parish in the archipelago of Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,119, [1] in an area of 25.55 km². [2]