Azóia is a village in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Sintra
Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...
(''freguesia''
Colares) in the southwest of the district of
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, Portugal. Azóia lies 1 km from the
Cabo da Roca
Cabo da Roca () or Cape Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost point of the Sintra Mountain Range, of mainland Portugal, of continental Europe, and of the Eurasian landmass. It is situated in the municipality of Sintra, near Azóia, in t ...
, the most westerly point of the European continent, which makes it the westernmost village on the European continent.
The main church, the "Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde" ("Our Lady of Health", the patron saint of Azóia) stands somewhat decentralized in the village. It is the newest church in the ''freguesia'' of Colares. The church was designed by architects José Cornélio da Silva and José Baganha, winner of the
Rafael Manzano Prize.
Construction began in 1987; the church was inaugurated on September 23, 1995 by the
Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon Dom António Ribeiro.
File:Portugal 7, Azóia, church (Sintra municipality).JPG, Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde
File:Portugal 8, Azóia, main square, Largo Principal (Sintra municipality).JPG, The main square (Largo Principal) of Azóia
References
Places in Sintra
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