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Santo Espírito ((:ˈsɐ̃tu ɨʃˈpiɾitu)) is a Portuguese civil parish, located in the municipality of Vila do Porto, in the autonomous region of Azores. The population in 2011 was 588,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of 26.68 km².〔(Eurostat )〕 ==History== The parish was first referred in the chronicles of Gaspar Frutuoso: :"''Leaving this fajã towards Norte, in the lands created by fields of marcela, because there were many there, they call it Santo Espírito, where they say the older () made their first mass to the Holy Spirit, when they entered there, and from there it became until this day the parish of Santo Espírito, becoming it later built, like today it is, in the invocation of the Purification of Our Lady, with losing its older name. And, because they did not find the field a convenient place for a settlement and town, they went to Santa Ana, like it was, where it stayed later in this place.''"〔Gaspar Frutuoso, ''Saudades da Terra'', Livro III, Capítulo V.〕 Monte Alverne later identified that this area was associated with ''Nossa Senhora da Purificação'', in the place of Espírito Santo.〔Agostinho de Monte Alverne ''Crónicas da Província de S. João Evangelista das Ilhas dos Açores'', Capítulo I.〕 In the area of Malbusca, during the early settlement of the region, the colonists collected the fungus Roccella tinctoria which was exported to Flanders to produce woad, in an artesnal and risky process: :"''Scattered along the cliffs of Malbusca, along the sea, very high and fearful, is collected urzela, which caused men, to risk their lives, inserted into baskets hanging by ropes tied to stakes tucked in the ground, over the rocks with one end to the basket and the other tied to a basket...there they were dropped by rope by hand until they arrive where they wanted to, and, when they had their bag full''"〔 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「Santo Espírito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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