You must visit further north, are the towns of Fajãzinha and Faja Grande, a good starting point for hikers with impressive waterfalls, such as the Cascade of Ribeira Grande. The Lagoa Funda, Lagoon The Lagoa Funda, in the Southwest of the capital, is a pond of the Azores located in the southern sector of the central highlands […]
The island of Flores is located in the Azores Western Group, on the North American Plate and the largest of the islands that make up that group. It covers an area of 141.7 km², mostly made up of mountainous terrain, characterized by large ravines and gigantic cliffs. The highest point of the island is Morro […]
The Fort of Nossa Senhora da Guia, also referred to as Forte da Guia Fortress of Greta or Castle Greta, is located on the tip of Greta, parish of Angústias in the city and county of Horta on Faial in the Azores. Erected on the escarpment of Monte da Guia, in a dominant position over […]
The Flores Museum is an institution owned by the Regional Directorate of Culture consists of two poles Museological: Environmental and Cultural Center in Boqueirão Whale Factory The factory Whale is one of the important buildings but the whaling architecture, ordered built for the use of whale oil, which was the first great Florentine industry and […]
The Horta Museum is located in the city and county of Horta on Faial in the Azores. The collection of the institution has several collections on the history of Faial. Among them are works from fig tree pith, artist Faial Euclides Silveira da Rosa, born on the island of Faial in 1907 and died in […]
The Pico Museum is located on Pico Island in the Azores. It integrates the Regional Network of Museums. The institution has a tripolar structure, comprising three extensions: The Whaling Museum, in Lajes do Pico Whaling Industry Museum, in São Roque do Pico Wine Museum in Madalena. Them presents collective memories associated with regional cycles – […]
The various collections that make up the collection of this museum are mainly ethnographic and articles are dated from the nineteenth and twentieth century and include the themes of ceramics, textiles and weaving, agriculture, livestock and also the furniture. One of the most important collections of this museum refers to the Maestro Francisco de Lacerda […]
The Museum of Graciosa is located in the town and county of Santa Cruz Graciosa in Graciosa Island in the Azores. It is currently housed in the former bulk of the building site once used for storage of grain and wine produced on the island. The collection seeks to recreate historical, ethnographic and cultural events […]
The Angra do Heroísmo Museum is a museum of synthesis, where it seeks to reflect, at the same time, a story with their facts and political and economic movements marked by the Atlantic domain and a culture in its many forms and meanings generated and molded an insular existence. It is installed since 1969 in […]
The current collections of the Carlos Machado Museum, subject to minor collections in the field of epigraphy, agro-industrial and decorative arts technologies, spread across four main sections: Natural History, Art, Religious Art and Ethnography. The Natural History collections relate to the museum’s founding in the late nineteenth century, and reflect the scientific spirit of the […]
