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The University of the Azores (Portuguese: Universidade dos Açores), or commonly abbreviated as UAc, is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores.It was founded on January 9, 1976, two years after the Carnation Revolution that ended several decades of dictatorship in Portugal, but before the Portuguese Third Republic was institutionalized, along with the region's autonomy.
The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (Portuguese: Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas), normally shortened to DOP/UAç, is an Azorean oceanographic institute and research arm of the University of the Azores, with its seat in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial.
Caracterização da actividade vulcânica da ilha de S. Miguel (Açores): vulcanismo basáltico recente e zonas de desgaseificação. Avaliação de riscos. Tese de Doutoramento no ramo de Geologia, especialidade de Vulcanologia. Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Geociências. p. 248. Ferreira, T.; Tanguy, Jean-Claude (2001).
Azores Day; Official name: Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores: Also called: Dia dos Açores: Observed by: Azores, Portugal: Type: Regional: Significance: A celebration of the Azores autonomy, following the Carnation Revolution, the holiday transformed into a historical, cultural and social affirmation of the region
Flag of the Azores. The political status of the Azores is defined by the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma dos Açores, EPARAA), which acts as the standard legal constitutional framework for the autonomy of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The main entrance inside the passageway to the grounds, showing the dome and grand staircase The manicured gardens within the grounds of the Assembleia Legislativa . The regional legislative assembly, since it was first instituted, has maintained its seat in the city of Horta. [1]
Sources "Pág. Diário dos Açores na Enciclopédia".TioSam.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013; Tavares, Conceição; Carneiro, Ana; Diogo, Maria Paula; Simões, Ana (28–30 May 2009), "A imagem pública das Ciências e da Tecnologia na Imprensa Portuguesa (1900-1901)", A História da Imprensa e a Imprensa na História (PDF) (in Portuguese), University of the Azors {{}}: CS1 ...
Altino Pinto de Magalhães served as the first and only president of the Regional Junta, the provisional government that functioned during the transition towards democracy. The Military Governor of the Azores, until 22 August 1975, he was selected to preside over the Junta Governativa dos Açores ( Governing Junta of the Azores ), a commission ...