Monuments:
Here are the principal monuments on the island.
Santa Maria Madalena Church is the most important church of the island, built in the XVII century.
S. Pedro de Alcântara Convent is a building from the XVII century with a much valuable interior.
S. Pedro Chapel was the first temple built in the island; it dates back from the first quarter of the XV century and is located in Lajes.
Nossa Senhora da Conceiçăo Church was built in the XVIII century.
Santa Bárbara Church, in Ribeiras, was built in the XVII century and rebuilt in the XX century.
S. Sebastiăo Church, in Calheta de Nesquim, dates back from the XIX century, built in the place of a former chapel of the XVI century.