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The Lamb Choral music by John Tavener "The Lamb" in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794), illustrated by Blake Genre Choral anthem Occasion Third birthday of Tavener's nephew Text "The Lamb" by William Blake Composed 1982 Publisher Chester Music Scoring SATB choir Premiere Date 22 December 1982 Location Winchester Cathedral The Lamb is a choral work written in 1982 by ...
One fact often debated is the origin of the name "Azores" used to identify the archipelago. By 1492, in the globe of Martin Behaim, the eastern and central group of islands were referred to as Insulae Azore ("Islands of the Azores"), while the islands of western group were called the Insulae Flores ("Islands of Flowers").
The "Hymn of the Azores" (Portuguese: Hino dos Açores) is the official regional anthem used during some ceremonies in the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. For official purposes, the national anthem, " A Portuguesa ", is always used during government events, in sporting venues, and during other civic ceremonies.
There is an indication that Terceira may have been discovered by Vicente de Lagos, Velho Cabral's pilot, on 1 January 1445: [4] the first documents after this period started appearing with a third island in the Azorean archipelago, referred to as the Ilha de Jesus Cristo (Island of Jesus Christ), and later, Ilha de Jesus Cristo da Terceira.
Spain held the Azores under the Iberian Union from 1580 to 1642 (called the "Babylonian captivity" in the Azores). The Azores were the last part of the Portuguese Empire to resist Philip's reign over Portugal (Macau resisted any official recognition), until the defeat of forces loyal to the Prior of Crato with the Conquest of the Azores in 1583.
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.
Also, a study in 2014 found that Ponta Delgada accounted for 41.5% of the accommodation capacity of the Azores, and the overnight stays in hotel establishments represented 55.5% of the Azores. In addition, Ponta Delgada is the centre of administrative services in the region, with many of the governmental secretariats located in this municipal ...
Gaspar Frutuoso (c. 1522 – 1591) was a Portuguese priest, historian and humanist from the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.His major contribution to Portuguese history was his detailed descriptions of the history and geography of the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and references to Cape Verde, which he published in his six-part tome Saudades da Terra, as ...