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Pousada de Angra do Heroísmo - S. Sebastião

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Interesting Places: 

  • Memory Hill
  • Mill's Riverside
  • S. Francisco Convent
  • Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao Convent
  • Nossa Senhora dos Remédios Manor-house
  • Adro Santo
  • Misercórdia Church
  • Old Square
  • Capitan of Notario's House
  • General Captain's Palace
  • Santissimo Church
  • Madre de Deus Manor-house
  • S. João Baptista Castle
  • S. Gonçalo Convent
  • Count of Vila Flor's House
  • Bettencourt Palace
  • 19 Terraces in the island
  • Angra Museum

 

Festivities

  • Espirito Santo Festival - from May until September
  • S. João Festival – 24th June
  • Beach Festival –  from 4th until the 10th August
  • Touradas à Corda – from May to October
  • Sanjoaninas Festival – from 16th until the 25th June
  • Carnival Dances
  • Angra Jazz Festival
  • Angra Rock Festival

 

Pousada History:

This fortress, known by the name of Castelinho (little castle), was constructed with the demand of El-Rei D. Sebastião, whose name was given to the castle, in a supercilious place, the Pipas Port.

The construction of the castle started on 1555, having been given authority to the first alcayde Manuel de Corte Real on 1575.

The castle is surrounded by high walls, parts of which are ruined in nowadays. It still preserves the most characteristic elements and, not a long time ago, used to fly the Portuguese flag.

 

History of Angra do Heroísmo:

The Terceira Island, named Jesus Christ Island in the period that the Portuguese deeds were recognized, was habited again on 1450 with the command of Jácome de Bruges, which authority was given by Infante D. Henrique. The first villages were in the Jewish Port and the  Vitória Beach, and then extended to the entire island.

On 1983 Angra do Heroísmo, the principal urban city of the Terceira Island, was classified as World Patrimony by UNESCO.


 

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