this chateau is located on the small hill which dominates the center of the island, still covered in a generous batch of woodland.

but even this island is starting to change as the dock already existing there is now being expanded. santa cruz is also linked to the renave installations through a small bridge which covers the short gap between both islands.

curiously enough, santa cruz is not the body located farther away from land in the archipelago it belongs to.

eastward is the 'ilha dos porcos', or 'island of the pigs' in english, which is little more than a rocky islet.