Today is Azores postcards day!! I started with the map of Faial and now I've views from Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island.
Two cards show exactly the same place, Gonçalo Velho Cabral Square, in ponta Delgada, where the "Portas da Cidade" - City's Gates, are located. The areal views of the Square where sent by Paula, a former penpal, Zé, and Cristina sent the card with the City's gates.
© Maurício de Abreu
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Where once there was the ocean now there is land: the current square and seaside avenue were built in the late 1940s.
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Its
name derives from a homage of the Town Hall of Ponta Delgada to the
first Donatary Captain of the Islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria.
The square floor is typically
paved with dark basalt
stones
from the region and elegant bright marble brought from mainland.
The city's gates
in Ponta
Delgada are one of
the city's architectural
landmarks.
Located
nowadays in the city
centre, in Gonçalo Velho Cabral Square, the gates
were
built in 1783
near an old
dock in the east side of
the city, having
been transferred
to this location
in 1952.
Classified
in 1953 as National Trust Building, they're characterised by their
three perfect round
arches, boasting
in the middle arch the Royal and city’s coat of arms.
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