Botanical Garden of Faial
The Botanical Garden of Faial is an ecological garden, component of the Faial Nature Park, established in 1986 to educate and protect the biodiversity common on Faial, an island of the Azores archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
- Email: pnfaial.jardimbotanico@azores.gov.pt
- Type: Garden
- Description: Garden
- Also known as: “Faial Botanical Garden” and “Jardim Botanico do Faial”
- Address: Rua de São Lourenço 23, Flamengos, 9900-401
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel of Santo Amaro and Palacete do Pilar.
Palacete do Pilar
Ruins
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Residence of Pilar is a Baroque-era residence, now in complete ruins, on Lomba do Pilar in the civil parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas
University
The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, normally shortened to DOP/UAç, is an Azorean oceanographic institute and research arm of the University of the Azores, with its seat in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial.
Botanical Garden of Faial
- Categories: botanical garden, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Flamengos, Horta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.55024° or 38° 33′ 1″ northLongitude
-28.63848° or 28° 38′ 19″ westElevation
113 metres (371 feet)Inception
1986Open location code
89CHH926+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1083607389OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
11821753Wikidata ID
Q4948437
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In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Spanish—“Botanical Garden of Faial” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Jardim Botânico do Faial”
- Portuguese: “Jardim Botânico Faial”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Faial”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botánico de Faial”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botanico de Faial”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Faial”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Fayal”
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Explore places such as São Lourenço and Santo Amaro.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Botanical Garden of Faial”. Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.