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Colonization of the island is commonly associated with the settlement of Povoação Velha, the first colony on the island of São Miguel. [3] " Arriving here on the island, the nine discoverers took land in the place where today we call Povoação Velha for which they made later...and, disembarked between two fresh ravines of clear, sweet and cold waters, (the Ribeira de Além and the Ribeira ...
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]
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 ...
Lomba is a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes das Flores on the island of Flores in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2021 was 200 [1] in an area of 9.87 square kilometres (3.81 sq mi). [2]
Santa Cruz is a parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 6,690, [ 1 ] in an area of 30.09 km 2 . [ 2 ] It contains the localities Santa Luzia, Santa Rita, Juncal, Casa da Ribeira and Santa Cruz.
This location is the best situated on the island and is likely to become a villa. There exists in this parish two clergy, whom are annexed to the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário da Lomba and Nossa Senhora da Alegria in Furnas." Between 1707 and 1760, the parish of Furnas was integrated into Lomba da Maia. [5]