Conceição Palace, Ponta Delgada
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Conceição Palace () is a building in the historic center of
Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality (''concelho'') and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,2 ...
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Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ...
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. It was declared a national monument in 1981. The palace was constructed in the end of the 19th century. The name means "Conception" and refers to the Convent of the Immaculate Conception which occupied this quarter before the construction of the palace. Some of the buildings belonging to the monastery were preserved and integrated to the complex of the palace. The most notable of these is the Church of the Immaculate Conception, built in the end of the 17th century in the
baroque style The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (i ...
. The palace is occupied by the headquarters of the Regional Government of the Azores. It is one of the so called Palaces of the Presidency.


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