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Our Lady of Navigators also known as Our Lady of Seafarers (Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes in Portuguese) is a devotional title given to the Virgin Mary by Roman Catholics.It is a widespread devotion in South America, especially in Brazil, where her holy day is celebrated on 2 February, it is an official holiday on the city of Porto Alegre.
The Fort of Paimogo, also known as the Fort of Our Lady of the Angels of Paimogo (Portuguese: Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Anjos de Paimogo), stands in a dominant position on Paimogo beach near the town of Lourinhã, Lisbon District in Portugal Constructed in 1674, it ceased to serve a military function in 1834 and is now under threat from coastal erosion.
Monterey, Guido de (1981), Santa Maria e São Miguel (Açores): as duas ilhas do oriente (in Portuguese), Porto, Portugal: Editora do Autor; Noronha, Luísa (1992), A Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Anjos da Ilha de Santa Maria: contributo para a sua História (in Portuguese), Vila do Porto (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Vila do Porto
The parish of Anjos was created by Cardinal Henry of Portugal, splitting the territory from that of the large Santa Justa parish. The seat of the newly created parish was a small chapel (ermida) under the invocation of Our Lady of Angels — this small chapel was later enlarged in the 17th century, during the reign of King Philip III of Portugal.
The hermits were expelled from the convent, and the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição fell under the vigilance of the local authority of the parish of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos of Água de Pau. The Junta Geral then decided to transform the spaces into a lazaretto, in their minutes dated 27 July 1837, but these plans were never realized.
It was later changed to the fountain of Virtues, owing to its waters whose medicinal qualities were attributed to the Virgin Mary (in the invocation as Senhora das Virtudes) by local residents. It would later be renamed, but its intent remained the same: the fountain would be used to link the waters of the various, dispersed mines that were not ...
Norte Grande is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas on the Portuguese island of São Jorge in the Azores; owing to the existence of an ecumenical faith community throughout its history, the parish has also taken on the name of its religious invocation (Nossa Senhora dos Neves, or Neves for short).
The Fort Nossa Senhora do Rosário, better known as Forte São Francisco of Chaves is located in the city of Chaves, in the Parish of Santa Maria Maior, District of Vila Real, in Portugal. Together with Fort São Neutel , this fort, in a dominant position on the Pedisqueira hill, next to the Tâmega river and the old Roman bridge, was intended ...