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The Travel Photo: The City Hall – Paços do Concelho de Ponta Delgada, from 1724, in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel island, Azores autonomous region, Portugal. May 2012. Photo credit: John Slinning
Ponta Delgada is one of three capital cities on the Azores, as the seat of the regional government. The others are Horta, on the island of Faial, as seat of the regional assembly, and Angra do Heroismo, on Terceira island, is the seat of the supreme court.
Ponta Delgada is generally regarded as the capital city of the Azores.
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