São José, Ponta Delgada — the parish of the Senhor Santo Cristo, the Campo de São Francisco and the harbour begun in 1861

Within 1.6 km² of the city centre lie the Esperança convent, the Fort of São Brás and the Campo de São Francisco. The story of the Franciscan church that gave the parish its name, of the image that arrived from Caloura in 1541, and of the breakwater that changed the island.