Bettencourt Palace

This Baroque building was erected at the end of the seventeenth century and beginning of the eighteenth century. More recent modifications have not affected the architectural beauty of the building. The facade has an excellent portico chiselled in squared stones from the region with two solomonic columns topped with composite capitals, an architrave and a large tablet that surrounds the coat of arms of the family who lived here – the Bettencourt family. It is currently the Public Library of Angra do Heroísmo.