The organ of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Guia in Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island): some notes ❧ The Azores has a dense concentration of around sixty organs distributed by eight of the nine islands of the archipelago. These instruments were built during several time periods ranging from the mid to late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. …

The organ of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Guia in Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island): some notes ❧ read more »

The entries and visits of kings to the cities were always moments of grandeur, consisting in the perfect moments for the commission of artworks as well as social gatherings and much activity among the ruling classes of the cities and villages visited. To write about this would be too extensive for this kind of text so, in order to keep …

A visit to the Convent of Calvário in Évora by King Philip III ❧ read more »