Church of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (Angra do Heroísmo)

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 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.

Several buildings were built around the hermitage in Hortas, some of which were rebuilt a few years ago; and in Cruzeiro, which already existed in 1556, where the current hermitage was built in 1739, with the title of Senhor Santo Cristo do Cruzeiro, as it had the same image of Christ on the carved cross, all in a single stone, which existed in the aforementioned 'Cruzeiro'.