São Jorge is an island in the central group of the Azores archipelago and part of the autonomous region of Portugal. Separated from its nearest neighbours by the 15-kilometre Pico-São Jorge Channel, t
The island of São Jorge seen from the north-northwest coast along the Ponta dos Rosais, Rosais
Radar image of São Jorge Island (top) next to Pico and Faial islands
Matrix Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Topo. Built in the 16th century, it is one of the earliest churches on the island of São Jorge
Old windmill, Morro das Velas
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
São Jorge Island
…São Jorge (Portuguese pronunciation: ; Portuguese for 'Saint George') is an island in the central group of the Azores archipelago and part of the autonomous region of Portugal. Separated from its nearest neighbours (Pico and Faial islands) by the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi…
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