Topo
Topo, also known as Nossa Senhora do Rosário, is a freguesia on the northeastern corner of the municipality Calheta on the island of São Jorge. It is considered the first settlement on the island of São Jorge to attain the status of municipality; from 1510 to 1867 "Vila do Topo" was the municipal seat of Topo, which included the neighboring parish of Santo Antão.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 440 residents
- Description: civil parish in Calheta (Açores)
- Also known as: “Villa do Topo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and Topo Lighthouse.
Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário is a 16th-century Azorean temple in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, municipality of Calheta, being reconstructed after the Mandado de Deus earthquake that affected the islands of São Jorge and Pico.
Topo Islet
Islet
Photo: Angrense, Public domain.
Topo Islet is a vegetated uninhabited islet just off the extreme southeastern tip of the island of São Jorge in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fajã de São João.
Fajã de São João
Hamlet
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Fajã de São João is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Santo Antão, in the municipality of Calheta, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de São João is situated 8 km west of Topo.
Topo
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Topo (Nossa Senhora do Rosário), Calheta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tatar—“Topo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Topo”
- Bavarian: “Topo (Calheta)”
- Bavarian: “Topo”
- Cebuano: “Topo”
- Chechen: “Вила-ду-Топу”
- Chinese: “Topo”
- Dutch: “Topo”
- Dutch: “Vila de Topo”
- French: “Topo”
- German: “Topo (Calheta)”
- German: “Topo”
- Irish: “Topo (Nossa Senhora do Rosário)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Topo”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Topo (Nossa Senhora do Rosario)”
- Portuguese: “Topo (Nossa Senhora do Rosario)”
- Portuguese: “Topo (Nossa Senhora do Rosário)”
- Portuguese: “Topo”
- Russian: “Вила-ду-Топу”
- Spanish: “Topo”
- Tatar: “Вила-ду-Топу”
- “Topo”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Santo Antão and Cruzal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Manor of the Tiagos and Topo Point.
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