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.

Church of Nossa Senhora das Candeias

Church

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

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

Church

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Chapel of Santo António 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, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

38.46517° or 38° 27′ 55″ north

Longitude

-28.51389° or 28° 30′ 50″ west

Elevation

74 metres (243 feet)

Open location code

89CHFF8P+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 614866739

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

3373227

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