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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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Angra do Heroxc3xadsmo (Portuguese pronunciation:xc2xa0[xcbx88xc9x90xccx83xc9xa1xc9xbexc9x90 du exc9xbeuxcbx88ixcax92mu] (listen)), or simply Angra,[1][2] is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores. | WIKI |
Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities, and having previously served as the capital city of Portugal during the Liberal Wars. | WIKI |
The epithet do Heroxc3xadsmo ("of Heroism", "the Heroic") was granted to the city by Maria II to commemorate its citizens' successful defense of the island against a Miguelist assault in 1829. | WIKI |
By 1534, Angra was the first town in the archipelago to be elevated to the status of city. | WIKI |
The bay of Angra was often full of caravels and galleons, a circumstance that contributed to the progress of the city and its people. | WIKI |
The construction of a number of manors, convents, churches, and military fortifications in Angra, infrastructures that were usually inappropriate for a small city (or small island) indicates the important role that Angra played in trans-Atlantic shipping for the Portuguese. | WIKI |
Angra was hit by a major earthquake on 1 January 1980 that did considerable damage to the city's historic center and to many other locations on the island of Terceira. | WIKI |
The damage in the city was repaired and rebuilt within four years. | WIKI |
The historic centre of Angra, is located along the southern coast, encompassing the medieval city and fortified citadel that forms the volcanic cone of Monte Brasil. | WIKI |
Eventually, the bull is funneled through the city streets to the bullring, the Praxc3xa7a de Toiros da Ilha (Island Bullring), in the eastern part of Angra, where a traditional Portuguese-style bullfight is held. | WIKI |
Angra was officially raised to the status of city on 21 August 1534; during the same year, it became the seat of the Archbishop of the Azores. | UNESCO |
This religious function contributed to the development of the monumental character of the cityxe2x80x99s central zone, where the cathedral of Santxc3xadssimo Salvador da Sxc3xa9, the churches of the Misericxc3xb3rdia and Espxc3xadrito Santo, and the convents of the Franciscans and the Jesuits were all constructed in the Baroque style. | UNESCO |
This has, in many ways, affected its subsequent development and expansion, enabling the city to preserve its plan and homogeneous group of buildings, civil and religious, flanked by two imposing fortresses that, in a more dynamic settlement, could have been lost. | UNESCO |
It was substantially repaired and rebuilt following the violent earthquake in 1980 that significantly damaged the city. | UNESCO |
Angraxe2x80x99s city centre managed to preserve its 15th- and 16th-century road network, as well as its inventoried buildings. | UNESCO |