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Showing posts with label Candles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Candles. Show all posts

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Visit the Belvedere Canavial - Candles

The Belvedere Canavial, located in the Town of Candles, Candles offers fantastic views, with the pools and the football field to stand out on the sea and in the distance on the islands of Pico and Faial.

Visit the Empire of Beira - Candles

Visit the Empire Candle

Visit the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição - Candles

The Church of Our Lady of Conception, located in the parish of candles, belonged to the former Convent of St. Francis of Sails. It is a seventeenth century building. It presents a unique body endowed with elaborate cornices and porch in lava black.
The nave of this church has been enriched with gilded pulpit and presents an image of Nossa Senhora da Conceição dating from the eighteenth century and an image of St. Anthony. The main altar is Baroque. It also presents archivolts and Solomonic columns. It was restored in the early twentieth century.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Visit the Stadium of Candles

Visit the Chapel of St. Peter - Candles

Visit the Bandstand Candles

The Bandstand Candles, located in the Town with the same name, has many details in shades of white and red, and is a pleasant garden. On feast days, hosts the local brass bands.

Visit the Fountain of Terreiro Macela - Candles

Visit the Chapel of St. John - Candles

Visit the Chapel of St. Anthony - Candles

The Chapel of St. Anthony, located in the Town of Sails, is a modern building which was dedicated to the evocation of St. Anthony was built in brick and lime painted white. It features a bell tower on the low doorway which is endowed by a bell. Presents a cross to surmount the tower of modern design.

Visit the Chapel of Santa Ana - Candles

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance - Candles

The Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance, located in the Town of candles, was built in 1697 of which however was only opened three years later in 1700. What features are the magnificent stonework in black basalt stone surrounding it. Also noteworthy is its frontage also on basalt stone they were made by winding a black cross and also in basalt.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes - Candles

Visit Caldeira de Santo Cristo

Visit the Fountain of the Church - Urzelina

Visit the Fountain of Urzelina

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Visit the Empire of Santo Amaro

Visit the Church of Santo Amaro

The Church of Santo Amaro, located in the parish of Santo Amaro, which have been built in the eighteenth century, presents itself as a medium-sized building equipped with a bell tower, with a triangular pediment windows and glasses and clock tower. The interior features a painting that combines columns with gilded turquoise. The level of statuary has an image of Santo Amaro at the altar that is surrounded by images of Our Lady of the Conception and St. Joseph on the wall on the right side of the chancel is an image of St. Bosco, patron saint of Scouts.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Candlemas - Santo Amaro

Monday, October 31, 2011

Visit the Airport of São Jorge Island - Santo Amaro

Airport of São Jorge Island, located in the parish of Santo Amaro, was opened in 1982.