Fajã Grande
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Fajã Grande is a rural civil parish in the municipality of Lajes das Flores in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2021 was 220, in an area of 12.97 km2. Although it is a relat
Main village of Fajã Grande, as seen from a local miradouro, showing the coastline to the area of Canto, and the distant escarpment of Ponta da Fajã (far right)
The Rocha da Fajã Escarpment showing many of the waterfalls and cliff face, Fajã Grande
The port and swimming area of the main town
Westernmost village in the Azores, Portugal and Europe
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The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is an archipelago of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km west of the Portuguese mainland. Politically and administratively, toge
Fajã Grande
…Fajã Grande (pronounced ) is a rural civil parish in the municipality of Lajes das Flores in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2021 was 220, in an area of 12.97 km2. Although it is a relatively small population, it is one of the largest centers in the…
Gaspar Frutuoso wrote Saudades da Terra, the first history of the Azores and Macaronesia, in the 1580s.
Under the direction of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Azores were discovered and populated in the early 1400s.
The Battle of Terceira, part of the War of the Portuguese Succession
King-Emperor Pedro IV & I planned and launched his campaign in the Liberal Wars from the Azores in name of his daughter Queen Maria II