Hermitage Of São Vicente (São Roque Do Pico)
The Hermitage of São Vicente ( pt, Ermida de São Vicente) is an early settlement hermitage (religious retreat), hermitage in the locality of São Vicente, Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Santo António (São Roque do Pico), Santo António, in the Portugal, Portuguese concelho, municipality of São Roque do Pico (Azores), São Roque do Pico, on the Portugal, Portuguese Pico Island, island of Pico, in the archipelago of the Azores. History The first reference to this religious temple was attributed to Father João José de Melo, then vicar and confessor for the municipality of São Roque, between 1768 and 1783. As he indicated, it was erected in his birthplace, and dedicated to the locality's principal patron saint (Vincent of Saragossa), in 1746. The little hermitage's main nave was expanded and a sacristy added around 1967, while the presbytery (architecture), presbytery was constructed new during the same public work. This expansion also allowed the construction of a c ...
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São Roque Do Pico
São Roque do Pico () is a municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, occupying most of the northern side of the island of Pico. As of 2021, it has 3,221 inhabitants spread through five freguesias (civil parishes) in an area of 142.36 km². The municipality is bordered by the Atlantic to the north, Lajes do Pico to the south and east, and Madalena to the west. History While the first incursions into the island occurred in the 15th century, the region that would become known as São Roque occurred later.Sandra Cristina Sousa (14 May 2003), p.18 The first colonizers of Pico came to occupy the area of Lajes, coming from the lands of the north of Portugal, because there were few anchorages in other parts of the island. What occurred in the north was starkly different: these colonizers were families from Graciosa, who would much later be supplemented by Flemings from Faial, under the orders of Josse van Huerter. At this time São Roque was a peripheral jurisdicti ...
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