Fajã do Calhau Rolado
The Fajã do Calha Rolado, is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
| Fajã do Calahu Rolado | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rosais, São Jorge, Central, name=Azores, Portugal |
| Visitors | Accessible by foot, yet restricted during periods of inclimate weather |
| Operator | Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[1] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
The cliff is visited frequently, by tourists, in the summer. It is particularly busy in September, at the time of harvest. Yam is a widespread crop, though they are grown on dry land due to the lack of water. In the past, pigs were slaughtered. A festival is held in June.
References
- IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived from the original on 3 July 2014, retrieved 1 July 2011
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