Candelária
Candelária is a village in Candelária, Madalena Municipality. Candelária is situated nearby to the hamlet Mirateca, as well as near Campo Raso.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora das Candeias and Gruta das Torres.
Gruta das Torres
Cave
Photo: Ulrich Thumult, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gruta das Torres, is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers. This formation is located outside the parish of Criação Velha, in the municipality of Madalena, on the western flanks of the island of Pico. Gruta das Torres is situated 3½ km north of Candelária.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico)
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico) is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Candelária.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena and Bandeiras.
Madalena
Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2. Madalena is situated 8 km north of Candelária.
Bandeiras
Village
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bandeiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 626, in an area of 22.21 km². Bandeiras is situated 10 km northeast of Candelária.
Candelária
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Candelaria”
- Category: locality
- Location: Candelária, Madalena Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.46517° or 38° 27′ 55″ northLongitude
-28.51389° or 28° 30′ 50″ westElevation
74 metres (243 feet)Open location code
89CHFF8P+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 614866739OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3373227
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