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Monuments in Porto Santo
Moinhos de Porto Santo
- heritage
ER233
9400-025, Porto Santo
A collection of small windmills, formerly used to grind grain and supply flour to ships sailing to America. Currently, only three windmills remain in Porto Santo.
Igreja Matriz de Porto Santo / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
- heritage
Largo do Pelourinho
9400, Porto Santo
A Mannerist and Rococo church, built in the 16th century, consisting of a single nave and a lower, narrower chancel. A bell tower and a sacristy are also attached to the facade. Having been burned down several times by pirates and corsairs who landed on the island, it now preserves beautiful altarpieces and paintings inside, by Martim Conrado and Max Romer.
Fonte da Areia
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Vereda do Calhau
9400, Fonte da Areia
A small fountain located inside a structure, with some benches inside. Its name (Fonte da Areia = Sand Fountain) comes from the large sand quantities in the place.
Estátua de Cristóvão Colombo
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Avenida Infante Dom Henrique
9400, Porto Santo
A statue of Christopher Columbus, placed on a pedestal, a tribute to this navigator who is believed to have lived in this place.
Capela da Misericórdia do Porto Santo
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Rua Brg. Couceiro
9400-158, Porto Santo
A small mannerist chapel composed of a nave and of a narrower and lower high altar. On the outside, there is a small building with two floors where the Misericórdia is said to have functioned.
Câmara Municipal de Porto Santo
- heritage
Rua Dr. Nuno Silvestre Teixeira - Apartado 81
9400-162, Porto Santo
A building initially constructed in the 16th century. It has gone through several work of recovery and enlargement.
Forte de São José
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Rampa do Forte de São José
9400, Porto Santo
A fortress equipped with a line of eight small iron canons that once were used to defend the island.
Capela do Espírito Santo
- heritage
ER111
9400, Campo de Baixo
A mannerist chapel built in the 17th century and rather modified during the 19th century. It is composed of a sole nave and a high altar, lower and narrower.
Capela de São Pedro
- heritage
ER111
9400, Campo de Baixo
A mannerist and baroque chapel built in the 17th century. Inside, a special note to the main retable of the late baroque in golden carvings and to the covering of the high altar with a fake wooden dome with decorative paintings.