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Feteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel, on the south coast. The population in 2011 was 1,571,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of .〔(Eurostat )〕 ==History== In the 16th century, the coastal area around the Porto dos Batéis (a name derived from the construction of a great carrack in the locale), was the principal settlement.〔 This lowland region was eventually abandoned and settlers began populating the highland region above the cliffs, extending along the roadway that developed. Father Lopez da Luz, writing in the ''Revista Micaelense'', noted that the beginnings of settlement in this region, occurred half a century after the island's settlement.〔DRAC (2010), p.24〕 Gaspar Frutuoso, writing in ''Saudades da Terra'' indicated that it obtained the name ''Feteiras'' for the pasturelands of ferns that grew in the pasturelands.〔〔 Has he noted: :''"...and the arriba, on land, is the place of Feteiras that obtained this name because there existed many ferns, in a land that is low and high, very well shaded, that it wants this area to be like on the island of Madeira, whose parish, is to the invocation of Santa Luzia"''.〔 By royal charter, from King Manuel I Feteiras was de-annexed from the jurisdiction of Vila Franca do Campo and integrated into the municipality of Ponta Delgada.〔〔 By the end of the 15th century, Father Lopes da Luz, indicated that the parish of Santa Luzia das Feteiras had already existed for some time.〔 Ironically, though, the parish church was dedicated to ''Our Lady of Guadalupe'' ((ポルトガル語:Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe)), and was the parish seat, since the original church to Santa Luzia was in ruin by the end of the 16th century.〔 By the beginning of the 19th centuyr, the estimated population of 860 people of the parish, was supported by the remodelled and expanded church of Nossa Senhora da Guadalupe, which was rechristened to ''Santa Luzia''.〔 The older image from the abandoned church was quickly transported to the new church, and placed in one of the altars. By the beginning of the 20th century, the population had surpassed 1000 residents.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Feteiras」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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