Guadalupe (Santa Cruz da Graciosa)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Autonomous Region : | Azores | |||||
| Concelho : | Santa Cruz da Graciosa | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 3 ′ N , 28 ° 1 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1096 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 20.62 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 53 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 9880-021 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Marco Nuno Costa e Silva ( PSD ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Guadalupe Caminho da Igreja 9880-021 Guadalupe |
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Guadalupe is a Portuguese parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Santa Cruz da Graciosa . The district covers the entire area of the Azores island of Graciosa .
The municipality of Guadalupe, the second largest on the island, has 1096 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
Buildings
In the main street called Caminho da Igreja - the name means "church path" in German - next to an araucaria visible from afar, the parish church Igreja de Nossa Senora de Guadalupe , construction of which began in 1713, rises . Due to a series of tremors in 1717 that lasted for a week, construction came to a standstill and was then resumed and interrupted several times. Only 43 years after construction began, the church was consecrated in 1756 and renovated at the beginning of the 20th century. In the three-aisled church with its two side chapels and two sacristies, which is also known for its ceiling paintings from 1940/41, is the largest altar on the entire island at 9.69 m high and 5.52 m wide. Opposite the parish church is the Imperio de Guadalupe , a chapel of the Holy Spirit from 1896. In the main street there are several residential buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries that are listed buildings. Several windmills have also been preserved.
particularities
After the earthquake of 1717, the people of Guadalupe swore to honor St. Maria regularly conduct a procession. This custom continues today, and since the 1980 earthquake more people have participated than before.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Luís Daniel: Graciosa- Guía do Patrimonio Cultural , p. 99. Lisbon 2004
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
