São Mateus
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Forte do Negrito
Small coastal fort built in 1581 to defend Negrito Bay against privateers and pirates.
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Forte Grande de São Mateus
16th-century coastal fort built to defend Calheta de São Mateus against attacks and enemy landings.
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Igreja de São Mateus
Parish church built between 1895 and 1911, one of the largest rural churches in the Azores.
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Igreja Velha de São Mateus
Ruins of a church completed in 1700 and destroyed by a violent hurricane in 1893.
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Império da Canada do Capitão Mor
Holy Spirit império in Canada do Capitão-Mor, São Mateus da Calheta, one of the parish's three traditional impérios.
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Império do Cantinho
Holy Spirit império completed in 1860 in the Cantinho area of São Mateus da Calheta.
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Império do Terreiro de São Mateus da Calheta
Holy Spirit império built in 1873 in Terreiro de São Mateus da Calheta.
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Porto de Pescas de São Mateus
Terceira Island's main fishing harbour and one of the most important in the Azores.
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Zona Balnear do Negrito
Bathing area in a basalt-bottomed bay beside the historic Forte do Negrito.
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