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2. Botanical Garden of Faial - Wikipedia

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   After remodelling and renovations, the Gardens were reopened on 22 May 2011, marking the International Day of Biodiversity, which included guided tours, a tea tasting (from Casa D'Avilas), a film on the Faial Nature Park and the presentation of a new website, Sentir e Interpretar os Açores, produced by the Regional Directorate for the ...

3. Azores - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Tourism in Portugal - Wikipedia

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   Monserrate Palace in Sintra Pico, Azores, besides being the highest mountain in Portugal, it is a wine region whose landscape is protected as world heritage. Aveiro is known as the "Portuguese Venice". The Douro river in Northern Portugal. Dolphins in Arrábida natural reserve

5. Faial Island - Wikipedia

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   As well as owning the Fayal shipping line, he was US consul for the Azores 1826–1871; one of the three Dabneys who for many years held the post of American consul for the Azores. [8] The growth of industry and trans-Atlantic sail traffic also expanded Horta's importance, as a safe harbor and coal storage base.

6. Central Group, Azores - Wikipedia

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   The Central Group is one of the island groups of the Azores, Portugal. It comprises the islands of Pico, Terceira, São Jorge, Faial and Graciosa. [1] [2] [3] [4]

7. São Jorge Island - Wikipedia

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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 ...