São Bento
São Bento is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,000, in an area of 10.34 km².Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortress of São João Baptista and Angra do Heroísmo City Hall.
Fortress of São João Baptista
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Fortress of São João Baptista, also known as the Fort of São Filipe or Fort of Monte Brasil is a historic fortress and defensive emplacement, located in the civil parish of Sé, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the Portuguese island of Terceira, archipelago of the Azores.
Angra do Heroísmo City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Angra do Heroísmo City Hall is a medieval structure constructed to house the municipal council/authority, situated in the civil parish of Sé, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo
Church
Photo: Rafael Nascimento, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo is a Portuguese 16th-century cathedral located in the civil parish of Sé, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira in the archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nossa Senhora da Conceição and São Mateus da Calheta.
Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Village
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
Nossa Senhora da Conceição is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira located in the Azores.
São Mateus da Calheta
Town
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
São Mateus da Calheta is a civil parish within the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,757, in an area of 5.98 km2. São Mateus da Calheta is situated 5 km west of São Bento.
São Bento
- Type: Village with 2,000 residents
- Description: civil parish in Angra do Heroísmo
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.6621° or 38° 39′ 44″ northLongitude
-27.2088° or 27° 12′ 32″ westPopulation
2,000Elevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)Open location code
89CJMQ6R+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3450882740OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8013478Wikidata ID
Q1998158
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“São Bento” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “São Bento”
- Cebuano: “São Bento (parokya sa Portugal, Azores)”
- Cebuano: “São Bento”
- Chechen: “Сан-Бенту (Ангра-ду-Эроишму)”
- Chechen: “Сан-Бенту”
- Chinese: “São Bento”
- French: “São Bento”
- German: “São Bento (Angra do Heroísmo)”
- German: “São Bento”
- Min Nan Chinese: “São Bento”
- Polish: “São Bento (Azory)”
- Polish: “São Bento”
- Portuguese: “Sao Bento (Angra do Heroismo)”
- Portuguese: “São Bento (Angra do Heroísmo)”
- Portuguese: “Sao Bento”
- Portuguese: “São Bento”
- Russian: “Сан-Бенту”
- Spanish: “Sao Bento”
- Spanish: “São Bento”
- Tatar: “Сан-Бенту (Ангра-ду-Эроишму)”
- Tatar: “Сан-Бенту”
- Turkish: “Sao Bento”
- Turkish: “São Bento”
- “São Bento”
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