At the beginning of 1882 it was the district Civil Governor, Afonso de Castro, who remembered the original intentions to create a public space in the old "Sítio Fagundes". Six months later the municipal hall already had people enlisted to develop the terrain for this purpose. To honour the contributions of the Duke of Terceira, António José Severim de Noronha, in the Liberal Wars, the garden was named for the civil war veteran. Final deliberations occurred on 18 January 1888, and the spaces were re-purposed to serve as the "Passeio Duque da Terceira"; Angra, therefore, obtained a corner and strategic green-space in the heart of the city, isolated from the chattering classes of the neighbouring "Praça Velha".