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to settle and populate the islands in the name of the crown of
Portugal. Quickly, he discovered that the area's limitations continued, and he abandoned this settlement in favour of the adjacent valley, later known as the
740:] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ponta Delgada, Azores: Secretaria Regional da Educação e Cultura, Direcção Regional dos Assuntos Culturais, Universidade dos Açores, Centro de Estudos Doutor Gaspar Frutuoso.
403:; as they pledged "for every year as long as the earth existed...at the municipality's expense...with all officials...assisted by all communities, to be made at your church of Praia...at all expense necessary".
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Praia was originally a beachhead of settlement on Faial, first used by as a beachhead for explorers, and then by new colonists coming to settle the central group of the Azores. In 1466,
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until 1926, owing to an anti-religious secularism in the political administration in
Portugal (and the Azores), the masses of thanksgiving were discontinued. After the
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Meanwhile, other settlers continued to occupy this region, where a small settlement persisted through the decades. Praia, likely, received its current
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compatriots landed on the beach in a misguided hope of discovery precious metals (in particular tin and silver). Their settlement abridged the
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which destroyed 204 houses out of 220 in Praia do
Almoxarife, a new petition by citizens, to renew the tradition, was forwarded to the
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A small park with a pavilion was laid out in front of the church. Opposite the church a small Holy Spirit Chapel was built,
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Islamic origin) for being the point of settlement for the administrator of lands or royal treasurer on the island;
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The area of Facho, overlooking the main village of Praia do
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Almoxarife within the municipality of Horta
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660:"Inventário do Património Imóvel dos Açores | Faial. Horta"
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753:] (in Portuguese). Horta, Azores: Nucleu Cultural da Horta.
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Histórias das Quatro Ilhas que formam o Distrito da Horta
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The front facade of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça
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António Lourenço da Silveira Macedo (1871), pp.214-215
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Macedo, António Lourenço da Silveira Macedo (1871).
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309:Flemish
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817:Cedros
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