Madalena (Azores)

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Madalena is a port city with a population of 2588 (as at 30 June 2011) on the island of Pico in the archipelago of the Azores, which belong to Portugal. Madalena is a major ferry port for connections to the neighboring island of Faial.

Geography

The village lies on the west coast of the island of Pico. About the Canal do Faial can be reached in 20 minutes the opposite Horta.

History

After taking possession of the uninhabited island in 1439 by the Kingdom of Portugal began their 1460 settlement. After sluggish progress Josse van Huerter received permission to settle here with a group he attached flames in 1466. 1723 Madalena seat of the newly created third administrative district of the island.

2004 by the UNESCO which operated in the circle Madalena viticulture of the Pico Island World Heritage Site.

Management

Madalena is the seat of a district of the same ( concelho ). His two neighboring districts on the island of Pico Lajes do Pico and São Roque do Pico.

The circuit consists of six municipalities ( Freguesias ):

  • Bandeiras
  • Candelária
  • Criação Velha
  • Madalena
  • São Caetano
  • São Mateus

Demographics

Local holiday

  • July 22

Twinning

  • Portugal: Covilhã

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Manuel de Arriaga Nunes (1843-1894), physician and politician, deputy Reich; Grandfather of the general, politician and writer Kaúlza Oliveira de Arriaga
  • Amélia Ernestina Avelar (1848-1886), poet
  • José da Costa Nunes (1880-1976), Archbishop of Goa, then Cardinal
  • Jaime Garcia Goulart (1908-1997), Bishop of Dili
  • Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa ( * 1924), former bishop of Macau
  • Manuel da Silva Rosa ( b. 1961 ), historian and author

Gallery

Vineyard terraces of the circle Madalena

The Lighthouse of Madalena

Madalena (1920 )

The mansion Solar dos Salema, in a circle Madalena

In the vineyards of at Madalena

Madalena (2010)

Freguesia (Portugal) Horta, Azores Flemish people 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001
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