page_title: Duke of Terceira Garden
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Duke of Terceira Garden / History
caption_attribution_description: Português: Tanque do "Preto", Jardim Duque da Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha Terceira, Açores: detalhe.
context_page_description: Duke of Terceira Garden is a manicured garden in the historical centre of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. One of the classic gardens emblematic of the Romantic period of Portuguese history, it is part of the municipal gardens of the city of Angra
context_section_description: Urban growth in the 19th century, brought to Angra the notion of the public garden and green-spaces to the urban zones. What developed in the municipality was the concept of public footpaths or walkways, where events were usually organized. The municipal council of Angra, therefore, acquired in 1864 the useful area known as Sítio Fagundes, purchasing the 16.33 square kilometres (6.31 sq mi) building, registered in 1872 in the Conservatória do Registo Predial, to construct a public space.
  The area was part of the old courtyards of the Jesuit College (the Jardim de Baixo) and the Convent of São Francisco (the Bosques and Jardim de Cima). Meanwhile, the district agricultural council transferred these terrains for rental purposes to the autarchy and there established an experimental plot, that divided the space of the Jardim de Baixo into five parcels for floriculture, fruticulture, horticulture, high culture and vineyard.
  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.
caption: The Brazilian_Amerindian bust and water tank used, historically, to irrigate the garden
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