graciosa
Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Vitória
Religious Heritage

A hermitage built near the historic site of Baía da Vitória, around 1623. It was built in honour of the people of Graciosa for their victory over the pirates who tried to land at Porto Afonso and plunder the island. It is a single-nave hermitage, situated in the middle of a walled churchyard, in a field next to the road. The festivities of Nossa Senhora da Vitória were one of Graciosa’s biggest pilgrimages – on the Tuesday of the Holy Spirit, nobody worked and families arrived from all over the island on foot, by donkey or in ox carts.

Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Vitória Autor: Sofia Costa (PIT GRA)
Address
Beira Mar da Vitória
9880-013 - Guadalupe
Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Island
graciosa
Coordinates
39.078362,-28.058359 (OSM) (Google Maps)
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