The Fajã do Valado is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Rosais
Rosais (literally, archaic Portuguese for "rosaries") is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 743, in an area of 24.23 km².
History
Although Rosais was first me ...
, in the municipality of
Velas
Velas may refer to:
Places
* Velas, Azores, Portugal
* Velas, Maharashtra, India
* Cabo Velas, Costa Rica
People
* Sara Velas
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, island of
São Jorge, in the
Portuguese archipelago of the
Azores
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There are less than a dozen homes on the fajãs, supported by a series of cisterns providing potable water. Around 1949, a couple began to live in the fajã, and constructed a mill to mill corn. They continued to live there for the next twenty years. The area, much like other fajãs along the northern coast, is used for the cultivation of vegetables or the grazing of cattle. The growing period predominates between March and April, owing to stationary micro-climate, with harvests occurring between August and September.
See also
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List of fajãs in the Azores
The following is a list of the fajãs of the islands of the Azores:
Faial
* Fajã do Varadouro (Castelo Branco (Horta), Castelo Branco, Horta (Azores), Horta)
* Fajã da Praia do Norte (Praia do Norte, Horta (Azores), Horta)
Flores
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References
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São Jorge Island
Faja Valado
Valado