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The Carnation Revolution took place on April 25, 1974, and after an initial period of shock, it became a nucleus for social and political movements. One of the first parties to develop in the Azores was the Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrata, PPD), led in the Azores by João Bosco Soares de Mota Amaral.
Azores Day; Official name: Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores: Also called: Dia dos Açores: Observed by: Azores, Portugal: Type: Regional: Significance: A celebration of the Azores autonomy, following the Carnation Revolution, the holiday transformed into a historical, cultural and social affirmation of the region
Similarly, its members contributed to the Autonomy Decree of 16 February 1928, that suggested a small decentralization of services to the Junta Geral do Distrito Autónomo de Ponta Delgada. Within the same context, it launched an appeal to Madeira autonomists, in order to vet ideal opinions, to which the Madeiran press responded with the ...
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 ...
To the south is the older arm of the coastal road that connects the city to Ponta Delgada and Vila Franca do Campo. The border follows the Grota do Porto ravine, north to the border with Cabouco (along Rua das Arrudas), then west to the beginning of Caminho do Malaca, following this road to Malacca de Cima.
Matrix Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Topo.Built in the 16th century, it is one of the earliest churches on the island of São Jorge. It is unclear when the first explorers discovered the island of São Jorge; as part of the politics of human occupation, the Azores were populated after 1430 (probably 1439) through the initiative of Prince Henry the Navigator. 23 April, known as the feast ...
Sources "Pág. Diário dos Açores na Enciclopédia".TioSam.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013; Tavares, Conceição; Carneiro, Ana; Diogo, Maria Paula; Simões, Ana (28–30 May 2009), "A imagem pública das Ciências e da Tecnologia na Imprensa Portuguesa (1900-1901)", A História da Imprensa e a Imprensa na História (PDF) (in Portuguese), University of the Azors {{}}: CS1 ...
A Ilha de São Miguel e o Jardim Botânico de Coimbra [The Island of São Miguel and the Botanical Gard of Coimbra] (in Portuguese). Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade. Medeiros Sousa, Fernando Aires de (1982). José do Canto: subsídios para a história micaelense 1820-1898 [José do Canto: Stories on Micalense History] (in Portuguese ...