Chapel of Santo Amaro (Ribeirinha)

The history of this hermitage is linked to João Vaz Corte Real who, before moving to Terceira Island, traveled to several provinces of the kingdom of Portugal in an attempt to gather workers and craftsmen to bring with him to Terceira Island. When he arrived on this island, he settled in the Captaincy of Angra, while Álvaro Martins Homem settled in the Captaincy of Praia. It is possible that this same group of sailors had come to this island after João Vaz Corte Real was already there, it is assumed that they were the ones who built this chapel with the help of the donee's Captain and several noble families who with him They came to Terceira.

The church dates to the primitive Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, built between 1460 and 1474, on the initiative of Álvaro Martins Homem, one of the first settlers of Angra. In the same period, he was also responsible for the construction of the original Hermitage of São Salvador, now the Cathedral.

The primitive hermitage was erected under the invocation of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, next to the houses that belonged to the descendants of Pedro Anes do Canto, a rich man mentioned by Francisco Ferreira Drumond and who, upon his death, established three bonds.