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Salão is a civil parish in the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial, the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 401,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of 10.40 km².〔(Eurostat )〕 ==History== The settlement of Salão can be traced back to 1620, to a Castilian family that moved there from the adjacent community of Santa Bárbara (now the area of ''Praça'' in Cedros). The family originally settled there in 1589, but after an acrimonious disagreement between neighbors, the family moved farther south. They constructed a new home in the zone that would be referred to as ''Carapeta''; ''Carapeta'' (or ''Carapeto'') is a disused term referring to ''"one who makes lies or liars"''. The nucleus of what would develop into Salão started in Carapeta, around the river-valleys that crossed the area. A local fountain ((ポルトガル語:Fonte da Carapeta)) supported the small community (of mostly Spanish settlers) in its infancy, until it was destroyed in the 1926 earthquake. They brought to the island their worship of ''Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro'' (''Our Lady of Perpetual Help/Aid''); a statue was brought from Spain, specifically. The statue was 80 cm tall, can completely covered in gold leaf. Years later the statue was removed and placed in the hands of a local family from Canto, whom conserved the image for many years. By 1640, with the dissolution of the Iberian Union, the Spanish were expelled by inhabitants of Cedros. As the story goes, masked and armed residents of Cedros with pitchforks, sickles, knives and hoes, ordered the local residents to collect their clothing and leave the parish. Driving them towards Horta, the Cedrenses accompanied the Spanish as far as ''Alto da Ribeirinha'' (in the neighboring parish of Ribeirinha). As they returned from the expulsion, the inhabitants discovered many of the Spanish clothing lying along the route. From there on, the area became known as ''Espalhafatos'' which literally means ''"scattered suits"'', referring to the ornamented clothing found scattered along the route. But settlers continued into the area, settling in communities such as Lomba, Barreiro, Cela and Canto: by 1730, Salão became a civil parish. A church, the ''Church of Nossa Senhora do Socorro'' (''Our Lady of Help/Aid'') was constructed in 1780, to replace the older 1727 chapel.〔Originally, it was decided that the new church would be built in Chã, a more developed area of the parish. As was tradition, a heavy rock statue of Nossa Senhora do Socorro was placed in the area of the construction. But, the next day (and later, for a second time) the statue disappeared, reappearing near Carapeta's old chapel. The inhabitants took this as an omen that the church should be built in Carapeta. Years later, it was discovered that José Antonio (a local of Carapeta) had secreted the heavy rock statue at night from Chã to Carapeta〕 It was a simple sanctuary with a single nave and altar, and 24.2 meters (length) by 10.12 meters (wide) dimensions. In 1834, the church received three golden altarpieces from the destroyed Convent of São João ((ポルトガル語:Convento do São João)) in Horta, a new pulpit, and extensive remodeling to include two chapels dedicated to ''Nossa Senhora do Rosário'' (''Our Lady of the Rosary'') and ''Nossa Senhora das Dores'' (''Our Lady of the Stigmata''). This church survived until the 9 June 1998 earthquake that destroyed many of the bridges and homes in Salão. Cela, another neighborhood in Salão, developed because of a nun who settled in the parish after the religious orders were ended in 1834. The nun constructed a simple small home, similar to her accommodations in the convent where she continued her worship until her death; in this context, ''Cela'' refers to ''"cell"'', or, basically, the simple, stark chambers used by the nun for her living quarters in the convent. The area where she would live became known as Cela, because the local peoples referred to her home as ''"Casa da Cela"'' then ''"the place of Cela"''. At its height (1871), the population of Salão was 1,186 inhabitants in 285 homes. Since this period, it has slowly decreased due to emigration to North America. In 1962 there were 210 families, and 750 inhabitants. In 1970, it continued to fall to 585: the neighboring parish (Riberinha) had a greater population. Canalized water only appeared in the parish as of 28 May 1948, a second fountain was also inaugurated on 26 July 1950. 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「Salão」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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