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Santo André is an area surrounding
Cape Santo André
Cape Santo André (Portuguese for Saint Andrew) is a cape located in the Northern coast of continental Portugal, in Santo André, municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. It is the tip of Póvoa de Varzim's cuspate foreland.
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in the
Portuguese
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municipality of
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portugal, Portuguese city in Norte Region, Portugal, Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho River, Minho ...
, whose territory runs along the northern shoreline of the parish of
A Ver-o-Mar
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A Ver-o-Mar, Aver-o-Mar o ...
(also known as
Quião) and south shoreline of
Aguçadoura Aguçadoura is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") and former civil parish located in Póvoa de Varzim. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 4,530 inhabitants and a total area of 3.47 km2. A 2013 law amalgamated it into the new ...
. It is an ancient
fishing colony of Póvoa de Varzim.
The A Ver-o-mar part was integrated in the city, given that it is urbanely continuous. Santo André keeps an unchanged fishing character identified by family homes that have grown up in a spontaneous way.
Near Cape Santo André, there is a rocky formation known as
Penedo do Santo (Saint's Rock), which has a mark that the Povoan fishermen believe to be a footprint of Saint Andrew (Portuguese: ). The site is a relevant
archaeological site
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, with evidences of
Romanization
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and
Stone Age paintings to Póvoa de Varzim and of ancient religious and cultural importance to Povoans.
The
Santo André Chapel was built in the 16th century. In
Povoan Mythology, Saint Andrew is the
Boatman of Souls and that he frees the souls of those whom drown in the sea, fishing them from the depths of the ocean after a shipwreck. The celebration of Saint Andrew occurs on the dawn of the last day of November, when groups of men and women, wearing black hoods and holding lamps, go to the chapel throw the beach.
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Neighbourhoods of Póvoa de Varzim
