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pasturelands. The great change came with the transformation caused by the construction of the artificial port of Ponta
Delgada, at the end of 1861, resulting in the migration of stonemasons and construction workers, along with their families to the coastal zone. Santa Clara, then primarily a fishing community, began to become a neighbourhood of poor workers. Between the 19th and 20th century, now with the port functioning, the locality continued to attract workers due to the implantation of industrial companies.
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436:, who ran a silent campaign beginning in the middle of the 1950s (beginning with Decree 7 May 19579. The long tedious process lasted most of his life, and only came to fruition with the election of its first parish organs on 9 October 2005. The proposal to reestablish Santa Clara as civil parish began with a proposal on 16 July 2001, approved as decree law on 10 July 2002, when it was formally de-annexed from the western part of the civil parish of
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421:, with its seat in the hermitage of its invocation (which already existed prior to 1522, when the earthquake caused major upheavals). But, following the first quarter of the 17th century, the parish of Santa Clara changed its denomination to São José (encompassing a larger part of Ponta Delgada as the bishop had envisioned), and the original hermitage in the zone subsisted with a single member of the curia.
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an important reference in the southwest part of the island, a determinant factor in the location and orography of the locality, combined with a cove and stone beach that later became known as "Ponta
Delgada". The long, narrow basalt promontory, helped to protect the area from the undulation of Atlantic swells known as the
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was the beginning of a vast hunting area populated by numerous "wild" mountain pigs. At the edge of this region, was the homestead of
Francisco Ramalho, and was considered a starting point for huntsmen from Vila Franca. This embryonic site became the foundation of the village of Santa Clara; it was
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With the accompanying settlement of the territory, agriculture and fishing became a dominant part of the settlement in the region. By the beginning of the first quarter of the 20th century, there continued to operate windmills and milling stones in the lowlands, to catch the wind and support the
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At the time, and before it was partially destroyed by the installation of a railline to support the construction of the port, the eastern cove of Ponta
Delgada was far deeper, and was situated by Gaspar Frutuoso. The temple, as Frutuoso explained, existed since 1522, and was implanted a short
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In addition, a short distance from the fortress to the west, is a small point called "Ponta dos
Algares"...and then a small sandy bay, fronting the houses of the generous and in all things grandioso Francisco Arruda da Costa...and in great cost his walls and corbels, with his date to the sea,
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With the growing settlement came the influence of the Church. After the construction of a temple in honour of the
Franciscan Order of Poor Clares the area began to be referred to as Santa Clara. The small hermitage, its date of construction nor its location, are still unknown, apart from this
372:. The promontory helped to create a protected anchorage, that was absent along the coast until Vila Franca in the west. Many of the huntsmen that accompanied the noblemen from Vila Franca would eventually settle along the routes, creating a small nucleus. alongside farmers and fisherman.
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By the beginning of the 20th century, the working poor of the parish were more inclined toward their chores and daily tasks, and had little time for relaxation or leisure. But, at the same time they were dedicated to sport, especially
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Santa Clara is an industrial zone located on the western periphery of Ponta
Delgada, extending from the area around the port of Ponta Delgada, to the eastern frontier of
408:...the third parish, newly made, in Santa Clara, before being expanded, had 62 homes, with 297 confessed souls, of whom there was almost 203 who had taken communion.
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for the new parish, and owing expanding the parishes borders towards the east. The ecumenical parish of Santa Clara persisted during prelature of Bishop
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Melo, João
Pacheco de (12 October 2011). "Mais um aniversário: o sexto" (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: O Lugar de Ponta Delgada.
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everything quite defensible and placed with the gate called "Santa Clara", because there existed the parochial church of this Saint.
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who determined the creation of a third parish in Ponta
Delgada. Reference to the new ecumenical parish date to this period:
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The gravestones in the Hebrew
Cemetery of Ponta Delgada, resting place of the small community beginning in 1834
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in April of the following year. At one time there were three football teams in the parish:
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710:(in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: Associação de Futebol de Ponta Delgada
600:(in Portuguese), Santa Clara (Ponta Delgada), Portugal: Junta de Freguesia de Santa Clara
624:(in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: University of the Azores, p. 32
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In 1581, D. Pedro de Castilho, visited the hermitage in Santa Clara, insisting on a
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The road to revive Santa Clara from a small village locality into a
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A Arquitectura Religiosa de Ponta Delgada nos séculos XVI a XVIII
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The famous Santa Clara lighthouse (that was once situated on the
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The evolution of the sport resulted in the appearance of the
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