Livramento (Ponta Delgada)

Livramento is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

[2] Historically, along with the adjacent parish São Roque, it formed a region known as Rosto do Cão (Dog's Face).

[3] It was so named by early settlers for the rocky peninsula, that they imagined mimicked a dog looking out to sea.

[3] Popular tradition tells of an English family that escaped to this region, and who were sought by Queen Victoria.

[3] Estate homes, like the Solar do Botelho, were built from the wealth created from the cultivation of citrus orchards.