Visit the beach Urzelina

Visit Pool Urzelina

Urzelina The pool, located in the Town with the same name, offers pleasant moments of leisure to all visitors, and is much frequented by people from all over the island of São Jorge.

Visit the Empire of the Holy Spirit - Urzelina

The Empire of the Holy Spirit, located in the Town of Urzelina presents a simple architecture, but with good masonry work of the dark basalt stone and plaster finishes and painted white.

Visit the Church of St. Matthew - Urzelina

St. Matthew's Church, located in the parish of Urzelina, began construction in 1822, to replace the old church destroyed by the volcanic eruption of 1808.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lord Jesus the Good Death - Urzelina

The Chapel of Our Lord Jesus the Good Death, located in the Town of Urzelina, was built in Baroque style with a good work in black basalt stone with masonry trim was painted white. Highlighting the stone work done by the doors, windows.

Visit the Chapel of St. Joseph - Urzelina

The Chapel of St. Joseph, located in the Town of Urzelina is quite old, presents an excellent job of black basalt stone which highlights the work done with and over the door, it presents a stylized symbol of the Holy Spirit a cross to surmount the building made ​​the same kind of rock. Inside has a statue of St. Joseph with the infant Jesus in her arms at the altar.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Incarnation - Urzelina

Visit the Chapel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph - Urzelina

The Chapel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, located in the Town of Urzelina is small and built in baroque style of the eighteenth century, although the exact year of its construction is unknown.
This chapel was rebuilt in the year 1722. It presents a very solid construction and provided with excellent quality stonework. The façade of the chapel is surmounted by a Maltese Cross. It has an altar on which stands an altar of great interest, prepared in gilded and framed by an arched.

Visit the Viewpoint Freitas - Rosales

visit Candles

Candles is a village on the island of Sao Jorge, Azores, with about 5605 inhabitants.
It is home to a municipality with 119.08 km ² and 5,605 inhabitants, divided into six parishes: Herds, Great Northern, Rosales, Santo Amaro, Urzelina and Candles. The municipality is bounded on the east by the municipality of Calheta, and has the Atlantic Ocean in all other directions.

Small Brief History

The origin of the name of this town has never been clarified by historians.
This village is among the oldest towns in the island of São Jorge. It was built as a result of the will of Prince Henry dated 1460, made a church under the invocation of St. George. The City of Sails was created around 1490, and the elevation of the village to a town will have occurred in 1500, by letter D. Manuel I of Portugal. This town has emerged as a town map of 1507.
On September 19, 1708 a naval squadron, commanded by French pirate René Duguay-Trouin consists of eight ships of the line and three Captains of ships heavy artillery, attacked the village of Velas, having not yet managed to enter the Port of Candles.
The first attack the villagers, led by Sergeant Major Amaro Teixeira de Sousa, can prevent the landing tempted to September 19. On the 20th another attack took place and the inhabitants were unable successfully to oppose this attempt.
The French remained in the town five days in which completely ransacked churches and wealthy homes. In a location overlooking the site where the landing took place, was built the Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar, also known as Castle Eira.

The Visit
Herds in the Parish of:

Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Chapel of St. Rita
Chapel of St. Anthony
Fountain Lady of Guadalupe
Fountain of Terreiros
Fountain of the Old Way
Fountain of Porto
Port of Terreiros

In the Great Northern Town:
Fountain of St. Anthony
Ribeira Faja da Areia
Church of Our Lady of the Snows
St. Anthony's Church
Peak of Hope

Pine Peak
Puddle of Simon Days

In the Parish of Rosales:
Fountain of the Seven Fountains
Fountain's Way Up
Fountain Rosales
Rosales of Lighthouse Point
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Viewpoint Freitas
Park of the Seven Fountains
Tip of the Rosales

In the Parish of Santo Amaro:
Airport of São Jorge Island
Chapel of Our Lady of Good Time
Chapel of Our Lady of Light
Chapel of Our Lady of Candles
Chapel of St. Vincent Ferrer
Chapel of Christ the King
fountain
Church of Santo Amaro
Empire of Santo Amaro

In the Parish of Urzelina:
Chapel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Chapel of Our Lady of the Incarnation
Chapel of St. Joseph
Chapel of Our Lord Jesus the Good Death
fountain
Fountain Church
Church of St. Matthew
empire
pool
Beach Urzelina

In the Parish of Candles:
Caldeira de Santo Cristo
Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes
Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy
Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance
Chapel of Santa Ana
Chapel of St. Anthony
Chapel of St. John
Fountain Terreiro da Macela
bandstand
Chapel of St. Peter
stadium
Church of Our Lady of Conception
empire
Empire of Riverside
marina
Viewpoint Canavial
Bullring