Biological Settlement, Eco village, Chã de Igreja / Ramos Castellano Arquitectos
Island. The island of Santo Antao is located in the middle of the Atlantic about 500 km from Senegal, and has a size of 779 km2 with approximately 80,000 inhabitants. It is the northernmost of the Cape Verde archipelago. A volcanic and mountainous island, populated since the mid-1500s in various phases, by a mixture of Portuguese farmers from the islands of Macaronesia, nobles disliked by the Portuguese crown, Jews expelled due to pogroms, descendants of enslaved people forcibly deported from various regions of Africa. In the northern part of the island, exposed to the ocean winds, are located the villages of Cruzinha da Garça and Cha de Igreja and between them, the organic settlement.
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Island. The island of Santo Antao is located in the middle of the Atlantic about 500 km from Senegal, and has a size of 779 km2 with approximately 80,000 inhabitants. It is the northernmost of the Cape Verde archipelago. A volcanic and mountainous island, populated since the mid-1500s in various phases, by a mixture of Portuguese farmers from the islands of Macaronesia, nobles disliked by the Portuguese crown, Jews expelled due to pogroms, descendants of enslaved people forcibly deported from various regions of Africa. In the northern part of the island, exposed to the ocean winds, are located the villages of Cruzinha da Garça and Cha de Igreja and between them, the organic settlement.
