São Pedro (
Portuguese for
Saint Peter) is one of the five urban
civil parishes of the
municipality of
Angra do Heroísmo
Angra do Heroísmo (), or simply Angra, is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Roma ...
on the island of
Terceira in the
Portuguese archipelago of the
Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,460, in an area of .
The parish has a median elevation of .
History
The first notice identifying the parish of São Pedro appeared in the first half of the 15th century, when it was then a convalescent retreat of
Sé.
In the testament of
Pero Anes do Canto
Pero Anes do Canto (1480–1556) was a Portuguese nobleman, who was born at Guimarães, Portugal and died at Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira in the Azores. He was the superintendent of fortifications on Terceira, and, for his competen ...
, dated 1543, when the nobleman indicated his interest in being buried in one of the hermitages of the parish.
[
In the ''A Fénix'' the church dedicated to the apostle Saint Peter was the third ecumenical parish of Angra: created in 1572 by Bishop ]Gaspar de Faria
Gaspar de Faria ( Barcelos, c. 1520 — Angra, 19 March 1576), was the 6th Bishop of Angra, governing the Diocese between 1571 and 1576.
Early life
Gaspar de Faria was the son of Sebastião de Faria and, his wife, Grácia Machado, a family of ...
, who was the main benefactor, in addition to locals of the barrio.[ This included the area from the large water tank (''chafariz das covas'') until the gates of the old city., along with portions of São Mateus, Fonte Faneca and Terra-Chã (which in total amounted to 300 homes).][
São Pedro was elevated to the status was confirmed by regal authority on 20 May 1575 (by then King John III.][
]
Geography
The parish constitutes the western part of the urbanized zone and city of Angra do Heroísmo and includes both the historic, as well as suburban, areas (such as São Carlos, Pico da Urze and Bicas de Cabo Verde) of the city.[ The parish contains the localities Cais da Silveira, Pico do Urze, Nossa Senhora da Penha de França, São Carlos, São Pedro and Vila Maria. Bairro de São Pedro is included in the zone classified as ''public interest'' in the city of Angra,][The zone classified is delimited b]
Regional Legislative Decree-Law 15/2004/A, 6 April 2004
which fixes the protection regime of cultural heritage of the zone of Angra do Heroísmo. although it does not include lands classified by UNESCO as World Heritage. The territory between the Portões de São Pedro and Silveira, along with rest of the parish situated to the interior of the express-way ( pt, Via Circular), is included in the area designated as ''public interest''.
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Freguesias of Angra do Heroísmo