Fort of Santa Cruz
Fort of Santa Cruz, is a 16th-century fortification located in the civil parish of Angústias, municipality of Horta, on the island of Faial in the Portuguese Azores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ermida de Santo António and Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário.
Ermida de Santo António
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Ermida de Santo António is a church.
Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário is situated 290 metres north of Fort of Santa Cruz.
Church of Our Lady of Anguish
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Our Lady of Anguish is situated 390 metres south of Fort of Santa Cruz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena.
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 9 km east of Fort of Santa Cruz.
Fort of Santa Cruz
- Type: Fort
- Also known as: “Castello de Santa Cruz” and “Fort of Bom Jesus”
- Categories: cultural heritage, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Horta (Angústias), Horta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.53167° or 38° 31′ 54″ northLongitude
-28.6265° or 28° 37′ 35″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
89CHG9JF+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6255671398OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Portuguese—“Fort of Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سانتا كروز”
- French: “fort de Santa-Cruz”
- French: “Fort de Santa-Cruz”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Santa Cruz”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Santa Cruz da Horta”
- Portuguese: “Pousada da Horta”
- Portuguese: “Pousada Forte da Horta”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Santo António nu lugar da Cruz” (historical)
- Portuguese: “Forte de Santo António” (historical)
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