Fenais da Luz
Template:Infobox Portuguese subdivision Fenais da Luz is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,009,[1] in an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
History
The origin of the place name was justified by Gaspar Frutuoso as originating from the abundance of natural fenal that grew in the fields; fenais is Portuguese word for fenal.[3] Writing in the Saudades da Terra referred:
- "...the place of Fenais, in the 'courtyard' of the city of Ponta Delgada, there said, with letter changed and corrupted, to there being much fenal".[3]
Its parochial church, dedicated to Our Lady of Light (in 1756) was constructed over the ruins of an older episode.[3] The church was identified by Queen D. Maria I in the celebration marking the defeat between forces of D. António, Prior of Crato and Philip II of Spain in 1582.[3]
Geography
Fenais da Luz is located on the north coast of the island and includes, along with the principal settlement of Fenais, the localities of Aflitos and Farropo.[3]
Architecture
- Church of Nossa Senhora das Luz (Template:Langx)
- Hermitage of Bom Jesus of Aflitos (Template:Langx)
- Hermitage of São Pedro (Template:Langx)
References
Notes
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- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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- ↑ a b c d e DRAC (2010), p. 22.
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Sources
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