Ponta Delgada, Santa Cruz das Flores
Ponta Delgada is a rural civil parish in the Azorean municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores, on the Portuguese island of Flores. The population in 2021 was 280, in an area of 17.65 km2. It is situated along the northern coast from the regional capital. It is the third oldest religious parish on the island of Flores, only preceded by the communities of Lajes and Santa Cruz das Flores.
View of Ponta Delgada das Flores, with the distant island of Corvo
Parochial Church of São Pedro, rebuilt from funds donated by Father Francisco de Fraga e Almeida
Panorama of Ponta Delgada das Flores, as seen from Pico do Meio Dia
The Maria Vaz Islet, as seen from the area around Albernaz Point Lighthouse
Santa Cruz das Flores is a municipality situated in the north half of the island of Flores, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Situated in the sparsely populated Western Group, the population in 2021 was 2,020 inhabitants in an area that covers approximately 70.91 square kilometres (27.38 sq mi), bordering the southern municipality of Lajes das Flores.
Pico da Sé: a rare winter scene in the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores
The Bay of Alagoa, a point where farmers exported oranges and where imports to the north eastern part of the island were channelled
The ornate facade of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the centre of religious life until the expulsion of the religious orders
The twin lakes of Lagoa Funda and Lagoa Rasa, located in the central part of the municipality, and part of the Caldeira Funda Natural Forest Reserve
