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Monuments in Porto Santo

Moinhos de Porto Santo

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ER233
9400-025, Porto Santo

Porto Santo

A group of small windmills where the cereals where ground in the days of old. Currently there are only three windmills left in Porto Santo.

Igreja Matriz de Porto Santo / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade

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Largo do Pelourinho
9400, Porto Santo

Porto Santo

A mannerist and rococo church, built in the 16th century and composed of a sole nave and a lower and narrower high altar. By the façade, one can also find a bell tower and a sacristy.

Fonte da Areia

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Vereda do Calhau
9400, Fonte da Areia

Porto Santo

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

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

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

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Rua Dr. Nuno Silvestre Teixeira - Apartado 81
9400-162, Porto Santo

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

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

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ER111
9400, Campo de Baixo

Porto Santo

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

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ER111
9400, Campo de Baixo

Porto Santo

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.