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Nature Park Of Santa Maria
Santa Maria Natural Park ( pt, Parque Natural de Santa Maria) is a protected area on Santa Maria Island in the Azores. The park was created by the ''Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar'' (''Regional Secretariate for the Environment and Oceans''), of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores to better manage the protected areas of Santa Maria Island. Several natural landscapes were preserved and their use conditioned in order to foster conservation and support endemic flora and fauna species, as well as provide communal forms of recreation and nature interpretation. History On the 7 November 2008, the Regional Government legislated the creation (under Regional Legislative Decree 47/2008/A) of the ''Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria'' (''Santa Maria Island Natural Park'') in order to coordinate and administer the island's thirteen protected areas as one. Geography ;Nature Reserves * MA01Nature Reserve of the Formigas Islets ( pt, Reserva Natural dos Ilhéus das ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Do Porto (Azores)
Vila do Porto (; "Port Town") is the single municipality, the name of the main town and one of the civil parishes on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese archipelago of Azores. Its nearest neighbor, administratively, is the municipality of Povoação on the southern coast of São Miguel (to the northwest), and it is physically southwest of the islets of the Formigas. The population in 2021 was 5,408, in an area of . History Santa Maria was the first island in the archipelago to be discovered by Diogo Silves in 1427. By 2 July 1439, a royal charter from Infante D. Pedro, regent of D. Afonso V, referred to the fact that Prince Henry the Navigator had ordered that sheep be set ashore along the seven islands of the Azores (since Corvo and Flores had, at the time, not been discovered). São Miguel and Santa Maria were the first islands to be settled by families from Estremadura, Alto Alentejo and Algarve, facilitated by Gonçalo Velho, then first donatary-captain of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Island
Santa Maria () is an island in the Eastern Group, Azores, eastern group of the Azores archipelago (south of the island of São Miguel Island, São Miguel) and the southernmost island in the Azores. The island is known for its white sand beaches, distinctive chimneys, and dry warm weather. History The first records of a group of islands in the Atlantic (aside from the legends of Atlantis) came from the voyages of Portuguese sailors during the reigns of Dinis of Portugal, King Denis (1279–1325) and his successor Afonso IV of Portugal, King Afonso IV (1325–1357). These were unsubstantiated accounts and unofficial, until 1427 when navigator Diogo de Silves found the island of Santa Maria (at that time referred to on nautical charts as ''Ilha dos Lobos'' or ''Ilha do Ovo'') during his journey to Madeira. Myth tells that on the day of the island's discovery, Gonçalo Velho Cabral and his crew were celebrating mass (on the feast day of the Virgin Mary), when one of the lookouts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azores
) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores within the European Union , subdivision_type=Sovereign state , subdivision_name=Portugal , established_title=Settlement , established_date=1432 , established_title3=Autonomous status , established_date3=30 April 1976 , official_languages=Portuguese , demonym= ( en, Azorean) , capital_type= Capitals , capital = Ponta Delgada (executive) Angra do Heroísmo (judicial) Horta (legislative) , largest_city = Ponta Delgada , government_type=Autonomous Region , leader_title1=Representative of the Republic , leader_name1=Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino , leader_title2= President of the Legislative Assembly , leader_name2= Luís Garcia , leader_title3= President of the Regional Government , leader_name3=José Manuel Bolieiro , le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Areas Of The Azores
The Protected Areas of the Azores ( pt, Rede Regional de Áreas Protegidas) are the basic administrative-territorial and conservation structures in the archipelago of the Azores and the surrounding oceans. The areas integrate the entirety of the Azores within its Exclusive Economic Zone, as well as the surrounding waters, under the international agreements and conventions. The network realizes the categorization of management for protected areas adopted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), adapting it to the specific geographical, environmental, cultural and political-administrative territory of the archipelago. History The first legal document identified to create a protected area in the Azores, was Decree 78/72 (7 March 1972), which created the ''Reserva Integral da Caldeira do Faial'' (''Integrated Reserve of the Faial Caldera''), which was closely followed by Decree 79/72 (8 March 1972), that established the ''Reserva Integral da Montanha da ilha do Pico' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S Maria Geologia 2
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barreiro Da Faneca 2
Barreiro may refer to: People * Bruno Barreiro (born 1965), American politician * Gustavo Barreiro (1959–2019), American politician * Manu Barreiro (born 1986), Spanish footballer Places * Barreiro, Portugal ** Barreiro Municipality, a municipality in Portugal ** Barreiro (city), a city in the above municipality in Portugal * Barreiro, Cape Verde, a town in Cape Verde * Barreiro River (other) Barreiro River or Barreiros River may refer to the following rivers in Brazil: * Barreiro River (Mato Grosso) * Barreiro River (Paraná) * Barreiros River (Mato Grosso do Sul) The Barreiros River (Mato Grosso do Sul) is a river of Mato Grosso do ..., several rivers in Brazil and Portugal See also * Barreiros (other) {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formigas
The Formigas Islets ( pt, Ilhéus das Formigas ; literally, ''Islets of the Ants''), sometimes referred to as the Formigas Bank, are a group of uninhabited rocky outcroppings in the eastern group of the Azores archipelago, an autonomous region of Portugal. The bank is located northeast of Santa Maria and southeast of São Miguel, covering a surface area of approximately . In the same area is the submerged Dollabarat Reef. The only structure on the islets is a lighthouse located on Formigão (''Big Ant''), the largest islet. History The Formigas were discovered by Portuguese explorers Diogo de Silves and Gonçalo Velho Cabral in 1431 during their journey to Madeira. The islets were neglected due to the contemporaneous discovery of the neighboring inhabitable islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel. In the 16th century, Portuguese chronicler Gaspar Frutuoso reported on the Formigas' rich marine life. The Formigas served as both an aid and hindrance to navigation from their dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Natural Monument Of Pedreira Do Campo
The Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo ( pt, Monumento Natural Regional da Pedreira do Campo, links=no), which singularly translated means ''field quarry'', is an area located west of ''Pico do Facho'' and ''Ponta do Figueiral'', in the civil parish and municipality of Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria in the Eastern Group of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Along with other sites in Santa Maria, Pedreira do Campo is an area known for the discovery of oceanic fossils, which has allowed a specific assessment of the age of the island. History The first references to this area came from the religious scholar and historian Gaspar Frutuoso who, writing in the 16th century, referred to calcareous sandstone deposits in a quarry near Figuerial, describing the sandstone as ''"... avingseafood shells glued on oit"''. Even after its modern re-discovery, by García-Talavera (in 1997), it attracted little attention, until the first international expedition ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico Alto (Santa Maria)
Pico Alto (literally ''high/tall peak'') is a mountain which is the highest point, , on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. History The initial formation of the Facho-Pico Alto Volcanic Complex was a phase of intense volcanism, resulting from submarine eruptions as early as 5 million years ago, resulting in the formation of Pico do Facho and extensive pillow lavas.Serralheiro (2003) Remnants of these pillow lavas can be identified above sea level, helping to increase the size of the island to roughly its current dimensions. Following these eruptions, the land receded into the sea, resulting in a period of sub-aerial volcanism that resulted in the great relief in the complex, which is associated with lahars and erosional growth. The Pico Alto complex occurred continuously between 5 and 3 million years ago. On 8 February 1989 Independent Air Flight 1851 struck Pico Alto due to pilot error killing all 144 on board in the worst air c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barreiro Da Faneca
The Protected Landscape of Barreiro da Faneca ( pt, Área de Paisagem Protegida do Barreiro da Faneca) is a geological region and protected landscape of the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, Azores. The protected area is given its name by the Barreiro da Faneca, nicknamed the "Red Desert of the Azores", an arid and clayey landscape formed during the Pliocene, unique not only to the island but to all of Portugal. History The Barreiro da Faneca was integrated into the ''Área de Paisagem Protegida do Barreiro da Faneca'' (''Protected Landscape of Barreiro da Faneca'') with the promulgation of Regional Decree 47/2008/A (7 November 2008), administered by the ''Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar'' (''Regional Secretariat of the Environment and the Sea'').GRA (7 November 2008), p.7787 Geography The Protected Landscape of Barreiro da Faneca occupies most of the northern coast of the island, extending from Ponta dos Frades, a promontory on the locality of Anjos, on westernmost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recreational Forest Reserve Of Fontinhas
The Recreational Forest Reserve of Fontinhas ( pt, Reserva Florestal de Recreio de Fontinhas) is a recreational forest located centrally on the island of Santa Maria, in the civil parish of Santo Espírito, municipality of Vila do Porto in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.GRA (21 June 2000) History The ''Reserva Florestal de Recreio de Fontinhas'' was created by decree on August 30, 1989 (16/89/A) by the legislature of the Regional Government of the Azores.DRRF (2011)Isabel Soares de Albergaria (2006), p.36-37 It is administered by the ''Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e Pescas'' (''Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Fishing''), and run day-to-day by the ''Direcção Regional de Recursos Florestais'' (''Regional Directorate of Forest Resources''). Geography It is an area of about 3 hectares, at about above sea level, and includes a section of forest and human spaces, operated by the Regional Government of the Azores. The area is situated on the western s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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