Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city center

The Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores is a UNESCO World Heritage historic city center on Terceira Island, renowned for its strategic Atlantic port, well-preserved Renaissance urban layout, and significant military and religious architecture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores canonical 5
Angra do Heroísmo was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1983 1
historic center of Angra do Heroísmo 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city center ⓘ
associatedWith Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese maritime expansion ⓘ
Spanish-Portuguese conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
contains Convent of São Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duke of Terceira Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortress of São João Baptista NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortress of São Sebastião NERFINISHED ⓘ
Igreja da Misericórdia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palácio dos Capitães-Generais NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Angra do Heroísmo NERFINISHED ⓘ
harbourType natural harbour ⓘ
hasBuildingStyle Baroque ⓘ
Manueline NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neoclassical ⓘ
hasLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
hasPortFunction transatlantic stopover ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalRole key port on routes between Europe, Africa, and the Americas ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1983 ⓘ
knownFor military architecture ⓘ
religious architecture ⓘ
strategic Atlantic port ⓘ
well-preserved Renaissance urban layout ⓘ
locatedIn Angra do Heroísmo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
locatedOn Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor continuity of historic urban fabric ⓘ
integration of port, fortifications, and civic center ⓘ
partOf Town of Angra do Heroísmo NERFINISHED ⓘ
planningFeature central square ⓘ
orthogonal street grid ⓘ
protectionStatus national monument of Portugal ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholic ⓘ
significantPeriod 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
topography amphitheatre-shaped bay ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOId 206 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSubcategory Cultural ⓘ
urbanPlanningStyle Renaissance ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fortress of São João Baptista → partOf → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo → isPartOf → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
Palácio dos Capitães-Generais → locatedIn → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic centre of Angra do Heroísmo
Sé → contains → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
subject surface form: Sé (Angra do Heroísmo)
this entity surface form: historic center of Angra do Heroísmo
Church of the Misericórdia of Angra do Heroísmo → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Angra do Heroísmo was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1983
Central Group of the Azores → hasUNESCOSite → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Angra do Heroísmo) → officialName → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ
Port of Angra do Heroísmo → hasNearbyHeritageSite → Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores ⓘ