The Protected Areas of the Azores are the basic administrative-territorial and conservation structures in the archipelago of the Azores and the surrounding oceans. The areas integrate the entirety of
The Forest Park of Mata da Serreta, in the western corner of the Nature Park of Terceira
The Recreational Forest Reserve of Valverde, on the outskirts of Vila do Porto, on Santa Maria Island
Some of the parks in the Azores integrate not only environmental elements but also human spaces, such as this traditional home in the Capelo Forest Park, island of Faial
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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
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