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ANGRA, or ANGRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 42 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANGRA, or ANGRA no HEROISM0 (" See also:Bay of Heroism," a name given it in 1829, to commemorate its successful See also:defence against the Miguelist party), the former See also:capital of the Portuguese See also:archipelago of the See also:Azores, and See also:chief See also:town of an administrative See also:district, comprising the islands of See also:Terceira. St See also:George and Graciosa. Pop. (1900) 10,788. Angra is built on the See also:south See also:coast of Terceira in 38° 38' N. and in 27° 13' W. It is the headquarters of a military command, and the See also:residence of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop; its See also:principal buildings are the See also:cathedral, military See also:college, See also:arsenal and See also:observatory. The See also:harbour, now of little commercial or strategic importance, but formerly a celebrated See also:naval station, is sheltered on the See also:west and south-west by the promontory of Mt. See also:Brazil; but it is inferior to the neighbouring ports of Ponta Delgada and See also:Horta. The See also:foreign See also:trade is nct large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other See also:fruit. Angra served as a See also:refuge for See also:Queen Maria II. of See also:Portugal from 1830 to 1833.

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