Ribeirinha (Horta)
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Ribeirinha is a freguesia in the municipality of Horta in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 427, in an area of 12.26 km2. It contains the localities Canadinha, Chã d
A partial view of the main residential enclave of Ribeirinha, along the northern slope of the Pedro Miguel Graben
The Ribeirinha Lighthouse as it looked prior to the events of 9 July 1998
The ruins of the Ribeirinha Lighthouse after the 1998 earthquake that affected many of the parishes of Faial
A partial view of the old destroyed Church of Ribeirinha in the river-valley
Faial Island
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Faial Island, also known as Fayal Island, is a Portuguese island contained within the Central Group or Grupo Central of the Azores, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Faial, as seen from the island of Pico
During the War of 1812, British ships Plantagenet, Rota, and Carnation attacked the American privateer General Armstrong on 26 September 1814 in the Fayal harbour.
The bark Azor, the most popular of all the Fayal ships.
Radar image of Faial Island