According to legend, the name of this small village in the SE part of Pico goes back to the dog Nesquim, who saved three survivors of a sunken ship by guiding them to the small bay (calheta). The church was consecrated in 1856, but an earlier church building had existed since the 15th century.
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- on Tuesday 5 September 2023 by Martin Mergili
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- christianity, coastscape, harbour, navigation, religious place, traffic, villagescape
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