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Mosteiros is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the Portuguese island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,123,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of .〔(Eurostat )〕 ==History== It was only around 1480, that the first peoples began to settle this part of the island, mostly by the maritime access, for many years. The community of Mosteiros was built on ancestral fishing for many years, even as its territory was cultivated by farmers. The word Mosteiros, meaning monastery in the Portuguese language, was named for these islets: the largest of these islets is shaped like a church.〔DRAC (2010), p.30〕 As Gaspar Frutuoso noted: :''"Between the large islet and ponta Ruiva, by the cliffs, until the promontory of Escalvados, there are some large depressions and well made fumaroles, in the form of a church, or monastaries, or of both things, that older settlers called ''the monasataries'' (), situated on the fajã that ran from the peak in Sete Cidades"''.〔 The parochial church, dedicated to ''Our Lady of the Conception'', was constructed at various stages and remotes the beginning of the 17th century.〔 Today, these activities have been complemented by tourist-related activities. 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「Mosteiros (Ponta Delgada)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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