Renaissance coastal fortress dated from 1552, being a polygonal-based construction with four bastions on the angles, prepared to receive artillery pieces and low-thickness curtain walls. Inside there...
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Attractions in Ponta Delgada
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Capital of the Azores, on São Miguel island. City gates, baroque churches and proximity to Sete Cidades make this a unique destination.
Lagoa Rasa (Lajes das Flores) - a lake with 16 meters of depth and considerably high banks. Here one can find various specimen of endemic flora of the Azores. Easily accessible.
The Lagoa das Sete Cidades is located at the top of the Seven Cities Caldera, in the parish of Sete Cidades, on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The caldera was formed by successive collapses o...
Presenting itself as a deep lake located in the Devassa's Mountain, at the bottom of a volcanic crater. Its altitude level compared to the sea is 334 meters. It has a length of 700 meters, a width of...
"It presents itself as a shallow lake located about 870 meters above sea level and surrounded by typical Macaronesian forests and Cryptomeria plantations."
The 'Lagoa das Éguas' is located in the Serra Devassa, encased in a volcanic crater. Its altitude in relation to sea level is 870 meters and it is surrounded by typical Macaronesian forests and Crypto...
The Canário Lagoon is located in Serra Devassa, sheltered in a volcanic crater. Its altitude in relation to sea level is 800 meters and it is surrounded by forests typical of Macaronesia and cryptomer...
"The Lagoa das Empadadas is divided by two sheets of water originated from two different volcanic craters united together and is surrounded by beds of azaleas and typical Macaronesia forests and fores...
"Pau Pique Lagoon is located in a volcanic crater. Its altitude above sea level is 700 meters and is surrounded by typical Macaronesian forests."
"Located on the Azorean island of São Miguel, in the archipelago of the Azores, in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, this lagoon is related to the volcanic formation of the Sete Cidades Massif. It is...
"The Fish Pond is housed in a volcanic crater. Its altitude relative to sea level is 800 meters and it is surrounded by typical Macaronesian forests and cryptomeria plantations."
"Related to the volcanic formation of the Sete Cidades Massif, although already outside of it, Lagoa da Prata (Ponta Delgada) receives, like the Lagoa das Canas, the effect that the altitude of the ma...