12km/7.5mi southeast of Furnas on a beautiful road is Povoaçao (pop. 4,000), one of the oldest settlements in the Azores, situated in a wide bay on the south coast. Above the little town stands the Ermida de Santa Bárbara, the first church to be built in the archipelago.

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