Dimas Sequeira's photos with the keyword: Fontainhas

At the north of Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde, the village of Fontainhas stands on a steep mountainside, above a deep valley. To make possible agriculture on its fertile soil, many terraces were made on steep slopes. National Geographic included Fontainhas on the top-ten of most beautiful places in the world.

Fontainhas is a village on northern Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. It stands above a deep valley and soil is very fertile. A hard work of making terraces on steep slopes enabled agriculture.

Fontainhas - on northern Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. Plenty of terraces were made on the ground to enable agriculture.

At northern Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde.

At Fontainhas, north of Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde.

Passing in Fontainhas area, and watched from Saint Sebastian Viewpoint, Setúbal.