GINETES
(Parish of Ponta Delgada Municipality)
37.84779, -25.83848
Ginetes is a civil parish in the Ponta Delgada municipality, São Miguel Island, Azores. It has 12.07 km² of area and 1184 inhabitants (2021 census). Its population density is 91.7 hab./km².
Ginetes has a road that connects Mosteiros to the Ponta Delgada.
The main activity is agriculture. It has the Atlantic Ocean to the south and west and mountains to the north and northeast.
Geography
Situated on the western coast of São Miguel, the parish of Ginetes is one of the largest in the municipality of Ponta Delgada. In addition to the main village of Ginetes, the parish includes the small town of Várzea, and the localities Lomba de Cima, Lomba dos Gagos, Moio, São Sebastião, and Topo.
Architecture
Church of São Sebastião (Portuguese: Igreja de São Sebastião), its architecture resulted from various alterations over the centuries.
Culture
The parish realizes religious festivals in honor of the patron saint (São João) in June, while in Várzea, celebrations marking the Holy Family occur in the last weekend of July. Secular events include the local philharmonic band (Filarmónica Minerva de Ginetes) festivities on the first weekend of August, that includes a procession of traditional carts and allegorical floats.
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RELVA
(Parish of Ponta Delgada Municipality)
37.74699, -25.71324
Relva is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2021 was 2890, in an area of 12.07 square kilometers (4.66 sq mi). It contains the localities Nordela and Relva.
History
The area of Relva was pristine forest and unoccupied grasslands, virgin fields, where the first explorers discovered forests of laurel, common holly, Portuguese laurel, and Juniperus brevifolia, interspersed by local Vaccinium. The region, which extends to the border with Santa Clara and Feteiras, became a place where the pigs sent ashore by the first settlers congregated, and where many of the nobles of Vila Franca do Campo hunted. Traveling by boat to Santa Clara, these hunters would disembark and spend several days hunting for the semi-feral pigs, then return to the settlements with their prizes. Slowly, the region began to be occupied by the first families, houses, fields, and estates, developing Ponta Delgada, and encroaching on the unspoiled lands to the west.
Geography
Relva is situated on the southern coast of São Miguel, surrounded by Arrifes, Covoada and Capelas (in the north) and the Atlantic Ocean (along the south).
Culture
The actual parochial church celebrates a festival in honor of Our Lady of the Snows on the first Sunday of August.
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REMÉDIOS
(Parish of Ponta Delgada Municipality)
37°53′9″N 25°44′10″W
Remédios is a civil parish along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2021 was 809, in an area of 5.59 square kilometers (2.16 sq mi).
History
The parochial church was built in 1958 by order of D. Manuel Afonso de Carvalho, bishop of Angra.
The parish was elevated to civil parish two years later, in 1960, when it was de-annexed from the territory of Bretanha.
Geography
It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and includes the flanks of the Sete Cidades Massif, covered in laurisilva and endemic plant species to the coastal cliffs.
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