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Feteira (Horta)
Feteira is a civil parish in the southern part of the municipality of Horta, on the island of Faial in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,899,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of 14.46 km².〔(Eurostat )〕 It occupies the southern foothills of the Cabeço Gordo, along the coast. The name ''Feteira'' is derived from the Portuguese word for "fern", and indicates a "location of () ferns"; the name likely refers to the original colonists discovery of this area covered with ferns.
==History==
The early inhabitants colonized the area around Ribeira da Granja, along the coast near Lajinha and Ponta Furada. They built their first community along the coast, although on higher ground.
The Church of Feteira, consecrated in honour of the Holy Spirit, is one of the older churches on the island. Although lost to history, its date of construction is currently unknown, although the first references to the sanctuary refers to 1562, when the local residents were forced to pay higher taxes to the parish. On June 30, 1568, King D. Sebastião passed a provision in favor of Feteira, related to new monies to support the parish, resolving the ongoing problems with funds. The historian Gaspar Frutuoso, referred to a church of three naves, supported by five columns and wood, with arterial chapels on either side. It was a temple of good proportions (35 m in width) with single bell-tower and nearby a 15th Century chapel. In 1597, it was sacked and burned by English pirates. The nearby chapel, of São Pedro, had been a place of pilgrimage during religious festivals, but, due to lack of attention and care, it was slowly abandoned.
Because of a history of piracy, the coast was monitored by small fort outposts: remnants of these forts have long since disappeared from the coast.
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