Moinho de vento do Monte

Moinho de vento do Monte is a windmill in Candelária, Madalena Municipality. Moinho de vento do Monte is situated nearby to the church Chapel of Santo António, as well as near the town Madalena.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapel of Santo António and Gruta das Torres.

Chapel of Santo António

Church

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Chapel of Santo António is a church, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Moinho de vento do Monte.

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 2½ km east of Moinho de vento do Monte.

Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores

Church

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores is situated 2½ km north of Moinho de vento do Monte.

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 5 km north of Moinho de vento do Monte.

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 8 km northeast of Moinho de vento do Monte.

Moinho de vento do Monte

Type: Windmill
Description: cultural heritage monument in Madalena, Azores, Portugal
Categories: cultural heritage, building, and industry
Location: Candelária, Madalena Municipality, Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

38.49327° or 38° 29′ 36″ north

Longitude

-28.52994° or 28° 31′ 48″ west

Open location code

89CHFFVC+82

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1537545229

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=windmill

Wikidata ID

Q66815753

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In Other Languages

“Moinho de vento do Monte” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Moinho de Vento (propriedade de Manuel Cristiano Fraga Bettencourt e Simas)”
Portuguese: “Moinho de vento do Monte”
Portuguese: “Moinho do Monte”

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Highlights include Monte and Porto do Calhau.

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