São Sebastião, Ponta Delgada — the city's first parish, the mother church begun in 1527 and the Gates of 1783

The parish that until 2003 was officially called Matriz is the oldest core of Ponta Delgada. The seaside chapel that gave it its name, the church that replaced it, the City Gates taken down in 1948 and put up again in 1952, and the town hall with a bell given by King João III.