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Outdoor Activity Attractions In Vila do Porto

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Vila do Porto is the single municipality, the name of the main town and one of the civil parishes on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese archipelago of Azores. Its nearest neighbor, administratively, is the municipality of Povoação on the southern coast of São Miguel , and it is physically southwest of the islets of the Formigas. The population in 2011 was 5,552, in an area of 96.89 km².
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Outdoor Activity Attractions In Vila do Porto

  • 1. Pico Alto Vila Do Porto
    Pico Alto is the highest point, 586.64 metres , on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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  • 2. Praia Formosa Vila Do Porto
    The Fort of São João Baptista is the ruins of a 16th-century maritime fort situated on the western edge of Praia Formoso, in the civil parish of Almagreira, municipality of Vila do Porto, on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria . Located in a strategic point along the southern coast, the fort was constructed to defend the anchorage from attacks by pirates and corsairs, that frequented this region of the Atlantic during the Age of Discovery. Contemporary archaeological campaigns during the 20th century attempted to ascertain if this forte constituted one of the oldest in the archipelago, yet this never conclusively validated by documented sources. In fact, the oldest forts in the Azores have been validated in Terceira and São Miguel: Castle of São Cristóvão , in the Alto dos Moinhos, ...
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