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 (Madalena do Pico).Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico) and Gruta das Torres.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico)
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico) 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″ northLongitude
-28.52994° or 28° 31′ 48″ westOpen location code
89CHFFVC+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 1537545229OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmillWikidata 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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