Piedade

Piedade is a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes do Pico on the island of Pico, the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 844, in an area of 12.81 km². History The parish was founded after 1506, from the historical registers of the time. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake affected the community, resulting in the destruction of many homes and the parochial church of the time. Before their destruction by phylloxera plague, the vineyards in this location were great producers of the popular Ve…