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Distances in miles and kilometers from Praia da Vitoria, Azores to other cities in PortugalMeasures calculated from coordinates 38°43′59″N 27°04′00″W in a straight line: | |
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Google Earth and GPS Waypoint Coordinates (KML, WPT, GPX) Praia da VitoriaThe following files can be imported from Google Earth or used as Waypoints for GPS |
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Tourist information about Praia da VitoriaTourist and cultural information on nearby sites by coordinates: |
Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória) ==History== Since the beginning of the island's settlement, Praia has been an important centre: it was the centre of the first Captaincy of Terceira (1456-1470), under the command of Jácome de Bruges, then the first Donatary-Captain (...) Praia da Vitória Praia da Vitória , translated as the Beach of the Victory, is a municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. With a population of 21,035 (in 2011), the second largest administrative authority on the island of Terceira, it covers an area of , that extends from the northern coast halfway (...) Fort of the Maré The Fort of the Maré , ruins of a 16th-century fortification located in the civil parish São Mateus da Calheta, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, along the southern coast of Terceira, Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. (...) Fort of the Espírito Santo The Fort of the Espírito Santo ((literally, the Fort of the Holy Spirit)) is the remains of a 16th-century fortification located on the extreme northern edge of the Bay of Praia da Vitória, in the Portuguese civil parish of Santa Cruz, municipality of Praia da Vitória, on the island of Terceira, in (...) 1841 "Caída da Praia" earthquake The 1841 Caída da Praia earthquake (1841 Fall of Praia), also known as the Second Caída da Praia, was a series of seismic events occurring between 12 June and 15 June 1841, on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores (...) |