All Topics  
Praia da Vitória

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Praia da Vitória
 
 
  Topics Praia da Vitória Topic Home

Praia da Vitória (pron.
Pronunciation

"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect....
 , "Victory Beach" in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
) is a municipality in Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
's Autonomous Region of the Azores
Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
 (Portuguese: Região Autónoma dos Açores). It is located on the eastern fringe of the island of Terceira.

It is the second largest municipality on the island, after Angra do Heroísmo
Angra do Heroísmo

Angra, or Angra do Hero?smo is a city of some 21,300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portugal autonomous region of the Azores....
. Until 1981, when the Azorean Parliament passed an act elevating Praia da Vitória to the rank of city ("cidade" in Portuguese), the town was also known as Vila da Praia da Vitória (in Portuguese "vila" means a small town and is the title given to all capitals of municipalities which are not cities).
Economy
Praia da Vitória is a services, fishing and agricultural community, and boasts a large new marina popular with the yacht
Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat. It designates two rather different classes of watercraft, sailing and power yachts. Yachts are differentiated from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose....
ing crowd.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Praia da Vitória'
Start a new discussion about 'Praia da Vitória'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Praia da Vitória (pron.
Pronunciation

"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect....
 , "Victory Beach" in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
) is a municipality in Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
's Autonomous Region of the Azores
Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
 (Portuguese: Região Autónoma dos Açores). It is located on the eastern fringe of the island of Terceira.

It is the second largest municipality on the island, after Angra do Heroísmo
Angra do Heroísmo

Angra, or Angra do Hero?smo is a city of some 21,300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portugal autonomous region of the Azores....
. Until 1981, when the Azorean Parliament passed an act elevating Praia da Vitória to the rank of city ("cidade" in Portuguese), the town was also known as Vila da Praia da Vitória (in Portuguese "vila" means a small town and is the title given to all capitals of municipalities which are not cities).

Parishes


  • Agualva
    Agualva (Praia da Vitória)

    Agualva is a parish in the district of Angra do Hero?smo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,573, its density is 44.1/km? and the area is 35.7 km?....
  • Biscoitos
    Biscoitos

    Biscoitos is a parish in the district of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,425, its density is 54.2/km? and the area is 26.3 km?....
  • Cabo da Praia
    Cabo da Praia

    Cabo da Praia is a parish in the district of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,469, its density is 220.9/km? and the area is 6.65 km?....
  • Fonte do Bastardo
    Fonte do Bastardo

    Fonte do Bastardo is a parish in the district of Angra do Hero?smo in the Azores. The population as of 2001 was 1,156, with a population density of 129.9 people per square kilometer....
  • Fontinhas
    Fontinhas

    Fontinhas is a parish in the district of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,541, its density is 90.2/km? and the area is 17.09 km?....
  • Lajes
    Lajes (Praia da Vitória)

    Lajes is a parish in the municipality of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,753, its density is 336.6 /km? and the area is 11.15 km?....
  • Porto Martins
    Porto Martins

    Porto Martins is a parish in the district of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores.*Location:**Latitude: 38.6833 N**Longitude: 27.0667 W*Altitude: 1 m...
  • Praia da Vitória
  • Quatro Ribeiras
    Quatro Ribeiras

    Quatro Ribeiras is a parish in the district of Praia da Vitoria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 423, its density is 32.3/km? and the area is 13.09 km?....
  • São Brás
    São Brás (Praia da Vitória)

    S?o Br?s is a parish in the district of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,012, its density is 190.9/km? and the area is 5.3 km?....
  • Vila Nova
    Vila Nova (Praia da Vitória)

    Vila Nova is a parish in the municipality of Praia da Vit?ria in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,729, its density is 217.2/km? and the area is 7.96 km?....


Economy


Praia da Vitória is a services, fishing and agricultural community, and boasts a large new marina popular with the yacht
Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat. It designates two rather different classes of watercraft, sailing and power yachts. Yachts are differentiated from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose....
ing crowd. It is the location of the only sizable sand beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
 on Terceira.

History


Settled in the early 15th century around a natural harbor and being the most important settlement in the fertile Terceira Island
Terceira Island

Terceira Island is an island in the Azores, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, with an area of 396.75 km?. The island's length is 29 km and the width is 18km; the perimeter is 90 km....
 flatland known as the "Ramo Grande" area, and then an important wheat producing center, was designated a "vila" (i.e. the seat of a municipality) of the Portuguese realm in 1480.

The harbor was the scene of a naval battle in 1829 between the Liberals and the Absolutists, competing factions in support of King Pedro IV and King Miguel
Miguel of Portugal

Miguel I was the 30th Kings of Portugal of Portugal and the Algarves between 1828 and 1834, during the Portuguese civil war....
, respectively, during the Liberal Wars
Liberal Wars

The Liberal Wars, also known as the Portuguese Civil War, the War of the Two Brothers, or Miguelite War, was a war between progressive constitutionalists and authoritarian absolutists in Portugal over royal succession that lasted from 1828 to 1834....
. The Liberals won a decisive victory, and the town, then known only as Praia (beach in Portuguese) was granted by royal decree the name Praia da Vitória (Victory Beach) in honor of the victory. This was the last battle to be fought in Portugal.

Monuments


The town boasts two notable churches, several public squares, and a number of hotels and restaurants. It is popular with windsurfers
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
 because of the constant stiff seabreeze. It edges up against a low mountain ridge called Facho (Portuguese for Torch, because in its top a primitive lighthouse and lookout place against pirates, and later a marine and military semaphoric signal station, operated for about 400 years), and a large public park atop the ridge affords excellent views of the surrounding countryside and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
.

American air base


Lajes Air Base, a joint United States
United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
 and Portuguese air force base, lies three kilometers to the north of the town. American servicemen frequent the restaurants and clubs in the town and add considerably to the local economy.

Trivia


Praia da Vitoria hosts an annual triathlon
Triathlon

A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
 and is known for its unique style of bullfighting
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
, tourada à corda. Extreme's guitar player, Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt

Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt is a Portuguese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his role as the lead guitarist of the Boston hard rock band Extreme whose hits include the acoustic ballads "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted"....
 was born here.

External links