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332:) of the castle was given to the Captain-major of Angra, who lived there for a while. Later, it would become the residence of his trusted lieutenant, who was paid a stipend and obliged to take-up residence. Eventually the castle's Alcaidaria-mor was integrated into Captaincy of Angra, when it began to be known as the Castle of São Cristóvão (1582). It was during the reigns of King John III (1521–1557) and King Sebastian (1568–1578) that the first defensive plans were drawn-up by military engineer Tommaso Benedetto (in 1567). The Italian architect engineer concentrated on a global defense plan for the main islands of the Azores, concentrating the defenses at the ports and anchorages. Consequently, the old castle/fort served little use, and his successor, Ciprião de Figueiredo e Vasconcelos, doubled his efforts with fifty defensive works along the coast of the island. Its strategic role further degenerated, with many of its dependencies used to store gunpowder for Angra, transferred from the 866: 2190: 79: 246: 2195: 748: 381: 2185: 1261: 1309: 366: 59: 257: 86: 276:) with a dominant position over the valley, river and harbour. Its design was in keeping with the late-medieval military design and constructed on a high platform, within the earth and away from the sea. Its elevation and slope resulted in an artificial ravine, whose waters were captured by Álvaro Martins (1461) to move his milling wheels along its course; the fortification became popularly known as the 411:, and whose regency was based in Terceira. The foundation-stone, which was believed to be the same rock that the former-monarch stepped-upon when he disembarked in Angra in 1832, was placed on the site on 3 March 1845. At the time of its inauguration (in 1856), the municipal council deliberated whether to name the newly built courtyard the 284:. Writing in between 1644 and 1711, Father Manuel Luís Maldonado wrote of the many waterways of Angra, noted several of the mills that dotted the path of the main ravine: the mills of Janela, Cova, Picão, Rego, Madeira, Calçada, Calçadinha, Fábrica, Muro, Duas Portas, São João de Deus and the Moinho Novo. Similarly, 324:
vessels continued to haunt the seas of the Azores. In order to reinforce coastal defenses, she sent Pedro Anes Rebelo (as provider of fortifications), to guide Martins in the defense of his village. After completing his task of building the Castle of São Luís (around 1493), Anes Rebelo wed a niece of
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features except the waist-high battlements, that served little more than lookout to the city of Angra. A double staircase connects the main platform from the path leading to the Gardens. Gardened and manicured, the spaces below the old castle are lined by endemic and flowering plants. Apart from the
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in the hillock that circles Angra, in one of the higher hilltops to the north, is a castle fort with munitions and artillery, newly renovated and provisioned, which had earlier been weak, erected solely for the shelter and defense of its
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found no reason to continue the defensive fortification. Unfortunately, years later, the island was attacked by Castilian sailors that initially landed in Angra and then marched on Praia. For this reason, in 1482, the
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and Fort of Santo António, with the latter strategically located at the edge of Monte Brasil (and which created a crossfire zone with the first, to secure the
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located in the staircase. Remnants of the ravine canalization and mills are evident in the roads that lead from the park grounds, including along the
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Although Álvaro Martins expected to receive the royal donation of lands in Angra in 1474, the King substituted he donation with the title of to the
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Vieira, Alberto (1987), "Da poliorcética à fortificação nos Açores: introdução ao estudo do sistema defensivo nos Açores nos séculos XVI-XIX",
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The first fort to be built in the archipelago, the Castle of São Luís was erected between the 1460 and 1470, by the founder of Angra,
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Apontamentos Topográficos, Políticos, Civis e Eclesiásticos para a História das Nove Ilhas dos Açores (supl. aos Anais da Terceira)
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Núcleo urbano da cidade de Angra do Heroísmo/Zona Central da Cidade de Angra do Heroismo (IPA.00010623/PT071901160035)
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The Castle of Moinhos is situated on the hilltop plateau that separates the eastern portion of the civil parish of
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The historic centre and the hilltop of the Castle of Moinhos, shrouded in forest, and topped by the monumento
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Topographia ou Descripção phisica, politica, civil, ecclesiastica, e historica da Ilha Terceira dos Açores
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monument to D. Pedro IV, the only remnant to the fortifications use is an azulejo tile dedicated to the
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for security reasons. Father António Cordeiro (1641-1722), wrote of the castle's ruins in his
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História Insulana das Ilhas a Portugal Sujeytas no Oceano Occidental (reimpr da ed. de 1717)
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In 1839, the lands were donated to the City of Angra in order to building a municipal
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who was instrumental in the restoration of the Liberal regime of his daughter Queen
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Location of the Castle/Fort ruins within the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo
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situated on the hilltop battlements of what was once the Fort of São Cristóvão
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tile on the hilltop, marking the existence of the old Fort of São Luís
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On 20 May 1844, work began to demolish the old walls, to construct a
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is the name of the ruins of 16th-century fortification in city of
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Mota, Valdemar (1993–1994), "Fortificação da Ilha Terceira",
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Parque Arqueológico Subaquático da Baía de Angra do Heroísmo
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Moreno, Ferreira (2012), "Castelos, Moinhos e Memórias",
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In 1495, the Alcaidaria-mor (similar to the Spanish
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Index

Terceira
Central
Azores
Portugal

Castle of Moinhos is located in Terceira
38°39′33.23″N 27°13′10.38″W / 38.6592306°N 27.2195500°W / 38.6592306; -27.2195500
Angra
Portuguese
Terceira
Azores


azulejo
Álvaro Martins Homem
Gaspar Frutuoso
Captaincy
Praia
Captain-major
Captaincy of Angra
João Vaz Corte-Real
Infanta Beatrice
Castilian
alcalde
Fort of São Sebastião
bay
promenade

Pedro IV of Portugal

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