iCliGo: Furnas

Furnas Portugal

Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439, in an area of 34.43 km². The parish is one of the largest on the island and in the Azores. It is located east of Lagoa and Ponta Delgada, west of Povoação and south‑east of Ribeira Grande. One of the earliest references to Furnas comes from the harvesting of trees in the Furnas valley, to help with the construction of many of the homes destroyed by the 1522 earthquakes and landslides in Vila Franca do Campo. This included numerous trees used to rebuild the parish church, a project begun by the Donatary Captain Rui Gonçalves da Câmara. In 1553, his predecessor Manuel da Câmara issued an edict to replant these trees after the area was almost completely deforested, and the roads were expanded under his son, Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, in order to develop the area, allowing cattle herding in the valley after 1577.

Recommended airport

Ponta Delgada (São Miguel island) (PDL)

Nearby destinations

Furnas, Portugal

Furnas Portugal