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Ponta Delgada (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpõtɐ ðɛlˈɣaðɐ] ⓘ; lit. ' Thin Cape ') is the largest municipality and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal.
Currently, the Lord Holy Christ of the Miracles is devoted throughout the islands, and, after Ponta Delgada, the largest feasts and processions dedicated to him are those of Vila do Porto, on the Santa Maria and Graciosa islands. The image of the Lord Holy Christ of the Miracles in Hamilton, Bermuda islands.
Three bus routes operate in Ponta Delgada on weekdays from 07:00 to 19:00. [9] Line A runs in the western part of town, line B in the central/north, and line C in the east. There are bus services between Ponta Delgada and most other towns on the island, but usually only a few times a day.
Gonçalo Velho Cabral (c. 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas, the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores) and hereditary landowner responsible for administering Crown lands on the same islands, during the Portuguese Age of Discovery.
Ponta Delgada Mayor Pedro do Nascimento Cabral raised the sister city idea to Mayor Jon Mitchell during a recent visit to New Bedford as part of his trip to Massachusetts from June 5 to 11.
Ponta Delgada City Hall (Portuguese: Paços do Concelho de Ponta Delgada) is a 17th-century structure constructed to house the municipal council/authority, situated in the civil parish of São Sebastião, municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.