Angra do Heroísmo

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Angra do Heroísmo
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Angra do Heroísmo coat of arms
Angra do Heroísmo (Azores)
Angra do Heroísmo
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Angra do Heroísmo
Coordinates : 38 ° 40 ′  N , 27 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 40 ′  N , 27 ° 13 ′  W
Residents: 35,402 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 239.01 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 148 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 9701-xxx
Angra do Heroísmo County
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Flag of Angra do Heroísmo Location of the Angra do Heroísmo County
Residents: 35,402 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 239.01 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 148 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 19th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo
Praça Velha
9701-101 Angra do Heroísmo
President of the Câmara Municipal: Andreia Cardoso ( PS )
Website: www.cm-ah.pt

Angra do Heroísmo (  [ ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ du eɾuˈiʒmu ] , German about: Bay of Heroism ) is a Portuguese city on the island of Terceira , which belongs to the Azores . The city is made up of the communities ( Freguesias ) Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Santa Luzia, São Pedro and Sé. Please click to listen!Play

The epithet "do Heroísmo" was given to the city by Queen Maria II because of her persistence in the Miguelistenkrieg on the side of the traditionalists .

history

Angra do Heroísmo is the oldest city in the Azores and got its town charter through a Carta Régia in 1534. It was also occupied by Pope Paul III. raised to the bishopric of the diocese of Angra .

The construction of the cathedral ( Sé de São Salvador ) did not begin until 1570. The cathedral and the city were badly damaged in a strong earthquake in 1980. After both towers collapsed in 1982, the restored church was consecrated a second time on November 3, 1985.

On November 1, 1755, a tsunami triggered by the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 hit the city, with the water reaching the Town Hall Square ( Praça do Município ) and destroying the customs wall and the Porta do Mar gate at the port .

Angra do Heroísmo has been a university town since 1976 with two faculties of the University of the Azores based in Ponta Delgada ; the old town of Angra was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983 .

Angra was an important stopover for transatlantic and East Asian trade. At least a dozen ships sank in Angra Bay from about 1540 to 1650. In 1996 the wreck of a ship ( Angra A ) covered with copper plates was discovered near Porto Novo , which probably dates from around or after 1840. Of Angra B and Angra C only segments are received. The wreck Angra D of a Spanish or Portuguese ship with a displacement of approx. 400 to 500 tons from the 16th century is very similar to the wreck of the San Juan .

  • View of Angra and the cathedral

  • Angra with the Castelo de São João Baptista in the background

  • Jardim Duque da Terceira Park

  • Holy Spirit Chapel Império do Espírito Santo Dos Quatro Cantos

  • University of the Azores campus in Angra do Heroismo

administration

Angra do Heroísmo County

Angra do Heroísmo is the seat of the district of the same name ( concelho ); The neighboring district is Praia da Vitória in the northeast.

The following parishes ( Freguesia ) belong to the Angra do Heroísmo County:

Angra do Heroísmo County
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Altars 901 28.22 32 430101
Cinco Ribeiras 704 10.80 65 430106
Doze Ribeiras 513 10.41 49 430107
Feteira 1,239 5.25 236 430108
Nossa Senhora da Conceição 3,717 2.44 1,523 430102
Porto Judeu 2,501 30.27 83 430109
Posto Santo 1,048 20.37 51 430110
Raminho 565 11.07 51 430111
Ribeirinha 2,684 7.53 356 430112
Santa Bárbara 1,274 16.40 78 430113
Santa Luzia 2,755 1.26 2,187 430103
Sao Bartolomeu de Regatos 1,983 25.00 79 430114
São Bento 2,000 10.34 193 430115
São Mateus da Calheta 3,757 5.98 628 430116
Sao Pedro 3,460 3.66 946 430104
Sé 955 1.65 579 430105
Serreta 335 14.36 23 430117
Terra Chã 2,915 10.07 289 430118
Vila de Sao Sebastiao 2,096 23.93 88 430119
Angra do Heroísmo County 35,402 239.01 148 4301

Population development

Population in Angra do Heroísmo County (1849–2011)
year 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
Residents 22,973 33.002 32,828 43,374 32,808 35,270 35,581 35,065 35,402

architecture

The two towers of the cathedral from the 16th century rise from the chessboard-like old town, another striking building is the light blue, baroque church Igreja da Misericórdia (1728–46). Numerous colorful chapels of the Holy Spirit have also been built in the city, one of the most famous of which is the Império do Espírito Santo Dos Quatro Cantos , built in 1810 and renovated in 1916 - on the narrow street Travessa da Moreira , which is the only street to break the chessboard system . The Império do Espírito Santo da Rua de São Pedro chapel, built in 1795, is considered the oldest chapel of the Holy Spirit on the entire island.

The construction of the fortress Castelo São João Baptista on the 205 m high Monte Brasil, southwest of the old town, began in 1592. The smaller fortress Castelo de São Sebastião southeast of the old town by the port is even older . The representative customs house at the port ( Alfândega ) was built in 1853.

The most famous secular buildings in the old town include the baroque Palácio dos Bettencourts , which was built at the end of the 17th century, and the town hall (completed in 1866) on the lively Praça Velha, the center of the city.

The modern university buildings were in the western part of the city on Rua do Cap. João de Ávila erected.

Green spaces

The most famous park in the center of Angra do Heroismo is the Jardim Público , which is also called Jardim Duque da Terceira and covers an area of ​​1.75 hectares. The park with several fountains, lava stone walls, arbors, a pavilion and a memorial to the Portuguese poet and politician Almeida Garrett was created in 1882 on the site of a former Jesuit monastery. It is bordered by the green area of ​​the Alto da Memoria obelisk, built in the mid-20th century in honor of King Dom Pedro IV , at this point the island's first fortress, originally built in 1474, was located.

Municipal holiday

  • June 24th

Town twinning

Antonio Dacosta
Pedro Francisco on a USA postage stamp
Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real
Francisco Coelho Maduro Dias

Angra has twinned cities too

sons and daughters of the town

Aurélio Granada Escudeiro (1920–2012) was Bishop of Angra and an honorary citizen of Angra do Heroísmo.

Web links

Commons : Angra do Heroísmo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ http://www.auniao.com/noticias/ver.php?id=19666  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.auniao.com  
  4. ^ António Machado Pires: Roteiro Cultural dos Açores , p. 89. Governo dos Açores 2012
  5. ↑ http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/angra06-angraa.htm
  6. ↑ http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/angra09-angrad.htm
  7. ↑ Michael Bussmann. Azores , p. 277. Munich 2016
  8. ↑ http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/SITE/DATA_SYS/STUDYandDOCUMENTS/NORMAL/da746d0b-f751-4b93-acad-fd95fd88ef28/Artigo%20final.pdf
  9. ↑ Michael Bussmann. Azores , p. 279. Munich 2016
  10. ↑ Susanne Lipps: Azoren , p. 90. Munich 2016
  11. ^ Marion Zorn: Azoren , p. 72. Ostfildern 2000
  12. ↑ Editora Publiçor: Guía turístico dos Açores - Grupo Central , page 31, Ponta Delgada 2015
  13. ↑ Stéphan Szeremeta: Açores , p. 161. Paris 2014
  14. ↑ List of the twin cities of Angra do Heroísmo from the Association of Portuguese Administrative Regions (ANMP), accessed on May 13, 2020