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    John IV, when Francisco Ornelas da Câmara arrived in Terceira. The settlement was destroyed during the 1614 Caída da Praia earthquake, with many of the residents...
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  • The 1841 Caída da Praia earthquake (1841 Fall of Praia), also known as the Second Caída da Praia, was a series of seismic events occurring between 12...
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    Lajes is a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,744,...
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    (22 October 1522) 1591 Vila Franca earthquake (26 July 1591) 1614 "Caída da Praia" earthquake (24 May 1614) 1717 Graciosa earthquake 1730 Graciosa earthquake...
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    name of Praia da Vitória to community. Its economic importance grew, even following the 15 June 1841 earthquake (known as the Caída da Praia) that completely...
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  • buildings and properties. 1841 — A second "Caída da Praia" ("Falling of Praia") earthquakes on 15 June in Praia da Vitória and Fontinhas on Terceira - Houses...
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  • over as Prime Minister after Valdez 15 June – 1841 "Caída da Praia" earthquake. 24 July – Francisco da Veiga Beirão, politician (died 1916) National Geophysical...
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  • do livro e do disco, Praia, 1995, p. 398. (A thesis in Portuguese, University of Rennes 2, 1991.) Manuel Lopes: Rotas da vida e da escrita Instituto Camões...
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    Portuguese military engineer and designer of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia (now the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception), carried out a survey...
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    in the public library in Ponta Delgada or at the home of the Viscount of Praia, where his father (for a time) was a private tutor to the Viscount's daughters...
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