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1721: 2017:"The community is eminently Portuguese — that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy. There is a civil governor, appointed by the King of Portugal; and also a military governor, who can assume supreme control and suspend the civil government at his pleasure. there is one assistant superintendent to feed the mill and a general superintendent to stand by and keep him from going to sleep...There is not a wheelbarrow in the land There is not a modern plow in the islands, or a threshing-machine. All attempts to introduce them have failed. The good Catholic Portuguese crossed himself and prayed God to shield him from all blasphemous desire to know more than his father did before him. The people lie, and cheat the stranger, and are desperately ignorant, and have hardly any reverence for their dead. The latter trait shows how little better they are than the donkeys they eat and sleep with." 40: 1729: 1926: 2012:"The group on the pier was a rusty one — men and women, and boys and girls, all ragged, and barefoot, uncombed and unclean, and by instinct, education, and profession, beggars. They trooped after us, and never more, while we tarried in Fayal, did we get rid of them. We walked up the middle of the principal street, and these vermin surrounded us on all sides, and glared upon us; and every moment excited couples shot ahead of the procession to get a good look back, just as village boys do when they accompany the elephant on his advertising trip from street to street." 1752:. It is rounded by several volcanic cones located to its southern and eastern margins, the most prominent being Monte da Guaia, Monte do Carneiro, and Monte Escuro. Horta is centered along its principal avenue—referred to as either Avenida Marginal or Avenida D. Infante Henriques—and cut by several smaller roads. The city's historical center lies to the north near Espalamaca, with a grouping of north–south and east–west roads developed during initial colonization. The population of Horta's urban center during the first decade of the 21st century was about 7,000. 714: 354: 408: 1844: 1826: 613: 1882: 1968:
public illumination, water supply, telecommunications, and fueling resources. In addition to these improvements, Transmaçor acquired two new ships to be brought into service by the end of 2014 in order to support the island's tourist economy. At the new wharf's inauguration, President of the Azorean Regional Government Carlos Cesar indicated the importance of inter-island traffic for the islands, which for 16 years had transported 290,000 passengers annually (and now is beyond 400,000).
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and Matriz). In addition, the prosperity of the early 20th century, concentrated on the transatlantic traffic, has developed into a tourist-oriented economy concentrated on the architecture, geographic, leisure, and sociocultural aspects of the island. This includes sightseeing tours and whale-watching expeditions departing from the city, the arrival of semi-weekly cruise ships during the summer, and cultural festivals that unite local residents and visitors throughout the year.
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cones in the south likely protected settlers and ships from the north Atlantic weather systems. Horta grew slowly into the river valleys of Faial's interior, linking the parishes of Flamengos to the west and Feteira to the southwest to form an incomplete urbanized mass. The nodes of growth basically follow the road network, including the recently completed "Scute" (freeway) that bypasses the southern E.R.1-1ª road between Angustias and Feteira.
138: 1909:, and Pico-grown Verdelho wines historically built Faial's economy. Many of the landed gentry concentrated their shops, production facilities, and homes in the city, while agricultural goods were shipped to the city before being sent on to Europe or North America. For a long time, the island of Pico was an exclave of Horta with summer homes, agricultural parcels, and herds owned by residents of Faial, until its emancipation on 8 March 1723. 55: 2673: 1623:. The remaining parishes comprising the rest of the municipality are located along the Regional E.R.1-1ª road network, and includes lands from the ocean to the central volcano (with the exception of Flamengos, which is the only landlocked parish). Faial Island, comprising Horta's urbanized area and the parishes, has an area of 173.06 square kilometres (66.82 sq mi) 2004:"The town has eight thousand to ten thousand inhabitants. Its snow-white houses nestle cosily in a sea of fresh green vegetation, and no village could look prettier or more attractive. It sits in the lap of an amphitheatre of hills which are three hundred to seven hundred feet high, and carefully cultivated clear to their summits - not a foot of soil left idle." 1707:! I had a longing of what was, I don't know how, of here. Everything imagined is more or less frustrated when we comprehend: but in Horta, no, it is exceeded. At the end of the Rua do Mar are the built-up homes; over the unique celebretated road of the town are the alleyways that descend to the coast and provide a modest contribution to the fires and transit. 80: 1799:
Modern Horta grew beyond the limits of this early colonization. A secondary nucleus grew in the area of Porto Pim, and infilling occurred sporadically until a crescent formed along the banks of the east coast, only contained by Ponte de Espalamaca to the north and open ocean to the south. The cinder
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These streets formed from the central colony along hills parallel to each other and perpendicular to the ocean. Littoral growth was made cautiously until the town square, civic center, town hall, and local water wells were built along the seashore in both directions. Religious institutions generally
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Horta today is polarized between the same dichotomy that existed between the hinter- and heartlands, with most primary economic activities (agricultural mostly) dispersed into the parishes, while the secondary and tertiary activities are concentrated in the three main parishes (Angústias, Conceição
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In 2011, the national census discovered a resident population of 15,038: a slight decrease from the 2001 population (15,063 inhabitants). Yet, the number of aggregate families grew significantly (4795 to 5465 families reporting their participation in such groups), an increase from 2.8 to 3.1 people
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islands of the central Azores. A 130-metre (430 ft) long embankment 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) in area was also built to protect the Ribeira da Conceição. The project involved changes to the road network in the area, parking areas, pavement and green-spaces, as well as new
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In 1804 John Bass Dabney (1766–1826), the United States Consul General in the Azores, married Roxanne Lewis and moved to a home in Horta. Their son Charles William Dabney (who later married Francis Alsop Pomeroy) succeeded his father in this position and played an important part in the history and
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After the failure of the economic cycles through boom-and-bust economies (brought on by weather, plant disease, or market deviation), the city of Horta became a staging point for transatlantic shipment firstly for whaling fleets, and later for the submarine cable companies that laid communication
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On June 28, 1514, the parish of Matriz do São Salvador da Horta was constituted and services were begun. In 1567 the cornerstone of what would be the Fort of Santa Cruz was laid. Horta's increasing population compelled the creation of the parishes of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (July 30, 1568) and
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Construction of Horta's commercial port in 1876 increased the city's international importance. On August 23, 1893, the first telegraph cables linking Horta (Alagoa) and Lisbon (Carcavelos) made Horta a link in transatlantic communication. The presence of several foreign cable companies in Horta
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, Horta was a small town extending along the shoreline. It was peppered by various convents and churches, but little commerce and almost no industry. However, due to its central location in the Azores and Atlantic Ocean, it prospered as a stopover on important
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Unlike on other Azorean islands, Flemish peasants and business interests were not the first settlers of Faial. The first Faialense settlers were generally farmers from continental Portugal—particularly northern Portugal—hoping to escape poverty. Huerter eventually cultivated new business
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Rua da Conceição/Alameda Barão de Roches/Rua D. Pedro IV/Rua E. Rebelo, with the Pelourinho, the Casa da Câmara and older urban prison (Cadeia), the Convent of Glory, this area constituted the original Vila of Horta. The oldest dwellings and the older ornate façades are located in this
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across from the old District Courthouse. A €33 million project, the dock was started in 2009, and resulted in a 393-metre (1,289 ft) long wharf, with a 267-metre (876 ft) long by 80-metre (260 ft) wide usable docking space containing two ramps for
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The island is circled by the Regional E.R.1-1ª roadway which directly connects all parish centres (except Flamengos) with the city Horta. Apart from personal vehicles, a bus system provides daily access to the city from the outer parishes.
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Periodic improvements to Horta harbour allowed the city to become a stopover for yachts and cruise ships and provide ongoing assistance to transatlantic voyagers. This was facilitated when the municipal authority inaugurated a 300-slip
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under the command of Robert Lloyd. After being forced to scuttle his ship, Reid formally protested the ship's destruction in a neutral port, criticizing Portuguese incapacity to defend their own waters. Her principal piece of
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of islands in the Azores's Central Group, Horta has been the focus of economic activity on Faial. It was the staging and export centre for many of the economic cycles of the region: the export of woad-derived dyes, oranges,
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The centre of most activity in the municipality is Horta's port and passenger terminal which, until 28 July 2012, was located south of the Fort of Santa Cruz in the parish of Angustias. The passenger ferries operated by
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increased the economic activity and development, urban growth, and frequency of cultural and sporting activities on the island. Between 1893 and 1969 Horta was an important post in intercontinental communications.
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returned to Faial on a second expedition, this time disembarking along the shore of what would be known as Horta Bay. He built a small chapel which would later form the nucleus of a small community known as
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c. 1979), engineer and artist, who worked for one of the early telegraph cable companies at the turn of the century, until 1946, when he abandoned his job to become an artist. Recognized as the
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landed in Pasteleiro on Faial's southwestern coast. After skirmishing at the doors of the fort, the Spanish executed Captain of Faial António Guedes de Sousa. Four years later
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lines between Europe and North America. These spurts of growth concentrated the population and political and economic classes within Horta, and economic activities on Faial.
1670:- original settlers disembarked along the beach of Praia do Almoxarife during the original 1465 and 1467 expeditions; currently the main tourist beach community on the island 1630:- located in the western portion of the island that includes the most recent historic volcanism on the island; location of the Capelinhos Volcano and Recreational Forest Park 1980:, detailing in photographs the 1957 volcanic eruption in the Azores. The museum also contains a large collection of scale models of buildings, ships, and people carved from 817:, while further fleet improvements allowed SATA to directly link Horta with all Azorean islands. Following major renovations in December 2001, the airport was designated an 686: 44:
The City of Horta and Horta Bay, as seen from the Nossa Senhora da Conceição outlook, showing the marina, the old dock, and volcanic cones, Monte Escuro and Monte da Guia.
514:. As two nuclei developed around Santa Cruz and Porto Pim, growth also extended around the older Matriz, where the Tower Clock now stands, and the public square, where 2682: 1648:- southern parish located between the urbanized core of Horta and Castelo Branco; primarily agricultural activities in transition into suburban community of Horta 2704: 2134: 372:. The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of 173.06 square kilometres (66.82 sq mi) The city of Horta itself has a population of about 7,000. 663: 538: 1951: 100: 609:, as well as an important stop for North American whalers, and later as a refueling port for coal-powered ships during their transatlantic passages. 1809: 2164: 2407: 2306: 2130: 1720: 2444: 2106:) he was acclaimed for his complex and elaborate sculptures of pith/wood, with a permanent collection in the Museum of Horta (donated in 1980). 387:
museum, a collection of artifacts carved from whale tooth and jawbone. Peter's is a point of reference for transatlantic yachters and sailors.
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cables in 1893. The Dabney family steered the island's economy for 83 years with good effect on the dynamic growth of the port, the export of
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From Espalamaca or Monte da Guia, the city of Horta is typical of insular Portuguese coastal communities and the urban traditions of the
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economy of Horta and Faial. This was helped by the construction of a commercial port in 1876 and the installation of transatlantic
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and Atlanticoline, resulting in new investments and the construction of a secondary pier for inter-island passenger traffic.
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Rua Vista Alegre/Ladeira da Paiva/travessa Almeida Garrett (that includes the Church Matriz, and Convent of Saint John);
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per family. Similarly, there has been a 21.69% increase in the number occupied buildings within the municipality.
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Rua Advogado Graça/Travessa do Poiso Novo (where the original Casa da Câmara and Convent of Glory were situated);
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A vista of the village of Horta, Faial from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, c.1842 (Purrington & Russel)
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The pier and seawalls in Horta Harbor and Marina are covered with the "calling cards" of visiting yachts.
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Climate data for Horta (Monte da Guia), elevation: 62 m or 203 ft, 1971-1994 normals, 1961-1990 extremes
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Three parishes comprise the urban area of the city of Horta (the urbanized area and historical center):
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However, Twain painted a less complimentary picture of the inhabitants of Horta and Faial at the time:
1831: 694: 30: 471:), who brought Flemish administrators, tradesmen, settlers, and other compatriots to settle on Faial. 1642:- largest civil parish and agricultural lands, located on the northern coast between Capelo and Salão 858: 659: 64: 1733: 444: 284: 2492: 670:, in compensation. General Batcheller returned to Horta to pick up the cannon and delivered it to 697:. The city hall's coat of arms were changed to read “Very Loyal City of Horta” by decree of King 689:, was elevated to the status of city and the district capital as a reward for Faial's support of 482:
at the Santa Cruz chapel) continued living on Faial long after van Huerter's death. In 1498 King
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Rua Maestro Simaria, located near the Rua Serpa Pinto, and the ancient Largo do Colégio Jesuíta;
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and eventually the town hall and court offices moved to the former Jesuit College, after the
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Os Dabney: Uma Família Americana nos Açores (The Dabneys: An American Family in the Azores)
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Rua Ten. Aragão (currently between the Império dos Nobres and the Sociedade Amor da Pátria)
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The centre of Horta, with a view that includes the Câmara Municipal (left foreground) and
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An example of one of the murals painted on the Marina seawall, showing the ensign of the
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In 1643, Horta had about 2579 inhabitants and 610 homes. In 1675 D. Frei Lourenço,
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By 1960 yachts started using Horta's sheltered port during transatlantic voyages.
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operation, with the express purpose of supporting passenger traffic within the
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Rua Dr. Azevedo and Calçada M. Vila, near the entrance to the Largo do Colégio.
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visited Horta in June 1867 near the beginning of a long pleasure excursion to
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on 3 June 1986. Horta harbour is a fleet centre for the Azorean ferry lines
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The city contains the Horta Regional Museum which has a permanent exhibit,
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is one of the Azorean cities most prone to high temperatures, and unlike
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Rua Conselheiro Miguel da Silveira, and open to the Avenida Marginal.
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and pirates forced the construction of several forts and lookouts.
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The Bay of Horta showing the main settlement as it appeared in 1589
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influences associated with the Azores. Horta, along with nearby
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After 1939 Horta was a scheduled waypoint on the transatlantic
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Mónica, Maria Filomena; Silveira e Sousa, Paulo, eds. (2009).
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wine from Pico, and commerce related to the whaling industry.
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Horta entered into the annals of early aviation history when
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Atlantic View - Actividades Turísticas, Lda. (2003), p.65-66
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is located in Horta, making it Azores' legislative capital.
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On 24 August 1971, in the civil parish of Castelo Branco,
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and Convent of the Capuchos do today to the northeast).
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Huerter's son Joss de Utra (who would become the second
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began using Horta as a stopover. After a hiatus during
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Nossa Senhora da Angustias (November 28, 1684) by the
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Rua de São Pedro and Travessa da Misericórdia; and,
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Municipality
The City of Horta and Horta Bay, as seen from the Nossa Senhora da Conceição outlook, showing the marina, the old dock, and volcanic cones, Monte Escuro and Monte da Guia.
Flag of Horta
Coat of arms of Horta
Location of the municipality of Horta in the archipelago of the Azores
Azores
38°34′46″N 28°42′59″W / 38.57944°N 28.71639°W / 38.57944; -28.71639
Portugal
Auton. region
Azores
Faial
Parishes
13
President
Time zone
UTC−01:00
DST
UTC±00:00
Postal code
Area code
Patron
Santíssimo Salvador
Local holiday
http://www.cmhorta.pt
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Portuguese
Azores
Faial
yachts

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