Porto Martins is a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória

Praia da Vitória

Praia da Vitória is a municipality in Portugal's Autonomous Region of the Azores. The second largest administrative division on the island of Terceira, Praia da Vitória occupies the northern coast of the island and extends halfway into the interior having at its frontiers Pico Alto and the shield...

, on the island of Terceira

Terceira Island

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 in the Portuguese

Portugal

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 Azores

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History

Porto Martins was deannexed from the neighbouring parish of Cabo da Praia

Cabo da Praia

Cabo da Praia is a civil parish on the east coast of the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. In 2001, the population of this parish was 1469 inhabitants in an area of 3.18  km² ....

 on 9 May 2001, by force of Regional Decree No.11/2001/A, 26 June.

The parish owes a lot to the philanthropy of José Coelho Pamplona, 1st Viscount of Porto Martim, a native of the parish, who donated funds towards the construction of the parochial church, expanding the older Chapel of Santa Margarida, the primary school, in addition to the primitive system of fountains, which supported the local population. The Viscount was an illustrious figure in the Portuguese community in São Paulo

São Paulo

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Geography

Porto Martins landscape is varied, characterized by rock-covered vineyards and orchards, particularly olive fields, which are uncharacteristic of the humid climate.

Military

• Fort of Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (Fort of Our Lady of Nazareth)
• Fort of São Bento (Fort of Saint Benedict)
• Fort of São Filipe (Fort of Saint Phillip)

Religious

• Parochial Church of Porto Martins
• Império of the Divino Espírito Santo