Praia da Vitória
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Autonomous Region : | Azores | |||||
| Concelho : | Praia da Vitória | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 44 ′ N , 27 ° 4 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 6690 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 30.09 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 222 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Height: | 1 m | |||||
| Postal code : | 9760 | |||||
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Praia da Vitória Rua Cidade de Artesia, nº37 9760-438 Praia da Vitória |
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| Website: | www.freguesiasantacruz.pt | |||||
| Praia da Vitória district | ||||||
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| Residents: | 21,035 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 161.25 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 130 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Number of municipalities : | 11 | |||||
| administration | ||||||
| Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Praia da Vitória Praça Francisco Ornelas da Câmara 9760-851 Praia da Vitória |
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| President of the Câmara Municipal: | Roberto Lúcio Silva Pereira Monteiro ( PS ) | |||||
| Website: | www.cmpv.pt | |||||
Praia da Vitória ( [ ˈpɾajɐ ðɐ viˈtɔɾiɐ ] ) is a Portuguese city on the island of Terceira, part of the Azores . The city belongs to the municipality of Santa Cruz da Praia da Vitória and had 2313 inhabitants in 2004, 6171 people live within the municipality (status: 2001) .
Praia da Vitória
City garden
Largo José S. Ribeiro with the Império dos Marítimos chapel
Rua Jesus main shopping street
old citywall
Monument to Vitório Nemesio in front of the Casa das Tias
history
Praia da Vitória, which was initially just “Praia” (the Portuguese word for beach), was the capital of the island of Terceira from 1456 to 1475. Through the cultivation of wheat in the area and its export, the place gained in importance and in 1480 received the name Vila , which means "small town", and the associated rights were granted. On May 24, 1614 and June 15, 1841, the city was destroyed by earthquakes.
During the Miguelista War, a civil war that lasted from 1832 to 1834 between the supporters of the absolutist ruling King Michael I and the supporters of his brother Peter IV , who campaigned for a liberal constitutional monarchy, the city was a stronghold of the liberalists. In 1829, after a sea battle between the warring parties, the town's residents successfully fended off an attempt by the absolutists to land. After a constitutional monarchy was proclaimed in Portugal in 1834, Queen Maria II officially named the city “da Vitória” in 1837, which literally means “of victory”. In the 20th century, Praia da Vitória gained in importance with the expansion of the port and the construction of the nearby airport. In 1981, the rights were a Cidade (City) awarded in excess of the rights and privileges of a Vila go far.
administration
Praia da Vitória is the seat of the district of the same name ( concelho ); the neighbor is Angra do Heroísmo in the southwest.
The following 11 municipalities ( Freguesias ) belong to the Praia da Vitória district:
| local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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| Agualva | 1,432 | 38.75 | 37 | 430201 |
| Biscoitos | 1,424 | 27.05 | 53 | 430202 |
| Cabo da Praia | 712 | 3.18 | 224 | 430203 |
| Fonte do Bastardo | 1,278 | 8.85 | 144 | 430204 |
| Fontinhas | 1,594 | 12.14 | 131 | 430205 |
| Lajes | 3,744 | 12.11 | 309 | 430206 |
| Porto Martins | 1,001 | 3.43 | 292 | 430211 |
| Praia da Vitória | 6,690 | 30.09 | 222 | 430207 |
| Quatro Ribeiras | 394 | 12.83 | 31 | 430208 |
| São Brás | 1,088 | 4.68 | 233 | 430209 |
| Vila Nova | 1,678 | 8.14 | 206 | 430210 |
| Praia da Vitória district | 21,035 | 161.25 | 130 | 4302 |
architecture
Several striking buildings characterize the city center. These include the town hall ( Paços do Conselho ), which was rebuilt in its original style after the earthquake of 1614, with its bell tower, whose architectural style is reminiscent of northern Portugal, the Igreja de Santa Cruz church, built in 1456 and remodeled in the 19th century, and the Santa fortress Catarina . The church Igreja da Misericordia , also known under the name Igreja do Senhor Santo Cristo , from 1521 was rebuilt after being partially destroyed by a major fire in 1921. The Holy Spirit Chapel Império dos Marítimos , which was built in 1877 by fishermen from the neighboring island of Pico, is located near Largo José São Ribeiro . The name of the builder of the chapel, which was built on a base, is not known.
Many houses in the city center are adorned with bay windows and wrought-iron window bars as well as considerable storage facilities, e.g. B. in the main shopping street Rua Jesus . A particularly representative town house is the Casa das Tias , in front of which a memorial commemorates the most famous son of the city, the writer Vitorino Nemésio. The house where he was born is at Rua de São Paulo 5–9. On the beach you can see a well-preserved section of the old city wall, which was built from hewn lava blocks to protect against tidal waves and pirate attacks.
Green spaces
Opposite the market hall is the Jardim Municipal garden , in which a monument erected in 1879 commemorates the Portuguese politician José Silvestre Ribeiro (1807–91). He did a great job in rebuilding the city after the earthquake of 1841.
Sports
The football club Sport Clube Praiense , founded in 1947, plays in the Série H des Campeonato Nacional de Seniores , the third Portuguese league (as of 2014/15). He welcomes his guests in the municipal Estádio Municipal da Praia da Vitória , which holds 1500 spectators.
The 1995 European Inline Speed Skating Championships took place in Praia da Vitória.
sons and daughters of the town
- Vitorino Nemésio (1901–1978), writer
- Nuno Bettencourt (* 1966), rock musician
Web links
- http://www.ciberacores.com/santacruzpv - website of the parish of Santa Cruz (Praia) (only Portuguese)
- http://www.azoren-online.com/terceira/tipps/sehenswuerdheiten/viladapraiadavitoria/index.shtml
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 31, 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.
- ↑ http://www.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_p107_image.html
- ↑ Stéphan Szeremeta: Açores , p. 165. Paris 2014
- ↑ Michael Bussmann. Azores , p. 262. Erlangen 2016
- ↑ Stéphan Szeremeta: Açores , p. 167. Paris 2014
- ↑ Stéphan Szeremeta: Açores , p. 170. Paris 2014
- ↑ http://www.cmpv.pt/turismo/index.php?op=textos&codmaster=26&codcat=16
- ↑ http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=32938
- ^ Wilhelm Voss-Gerling: Madeira, Azoren , p. 57. Munich 1972
- ↑ Profile of the Sport Clube Praiense on www.fussballzz.de, accessed on January 24, 2015
