Faial da Terra

Faial da Terra is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

Artisanal products produced in Faial da Terra include basket-weaving, embroidery, needlework and artefacts in wood.

In addition to fountains, a band shelter and a bust of Father Elias, watermills, lookouts and the old whaling port, the The parish celebrates feasts associated with Nossa Senhora da Graça (Our Lady of Grace) on second Sunday in September, and whose images are located in the parochial church.

Associated with the Cult of the Holy Spirit there feast days following Pentecosts, and include celebrations at the Impérios Ascensão, Trindade and S. João.

In addition to the typically-Azorean dishes, Faial da Terra is known for Fervedouro, Molho de fígado and Sopa de Tomate de Tia Conceição; typical meals including the annual Holy Spirit soups, associated with the religious Cult of the Holy Spirit, Papas grossas, Bolo da Sertã, Torresmos, Morcela and Chouriço .

Faial da Terra as viewed from northern micro-settlement of Sanguinho and trail