Santa Maria
Encyclopedia
Santa María or Santa Maria may refer to:
  • The name of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)
    Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)
    Roman Catholic veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary is based on Holy Scripture: In the fullness of time, God sent his son, born of a virgin. The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God through Mary thus signifies her honour as Mother of God...

     or Mary, the mother of Jesus, in various languages such as Italian, Portuguese or Spanish

In nautical transport:
  • Santa María (ship)
    Santa María (ship)
    La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción , was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa.-History:...

    , the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
  • Santa Maria hijacking
    Santa Maria hijacking
    Contrary to popular belief, the Santa Maria hijacking is not "piracy" because it does not fit the international definition of piracy involving an attack of one vessel on another for private ends...

    , the hijacking of the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria in 1961
  • Santa Maria (F81) – a Spanish class of frigate

In aircraft:
  • Aermacchi AL.60, known as AL.60B Santa Maria – an Italian utility aircraft

In music and entertainment:
  • Santa María (TV channel)
    Santa María (TV channel)
    Santa María is a Catholic television channel broadcasting from the city of San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina through , a cable television provider for most of Buenos Aires.-History:...

    , an Argentine Catholic TV channel
  • Santa Maria (operetta), an 1896 musical by Oscar Hammerstein I
    Oscar Hammerstein I
    Oscar Hammerstein I was a businessman, theater impresario and composer in New York City. His passion for opera led him to open several opera houses, and he rekindled opera's popularity in America...

  • Santa Maria (song)
    Santa Maria (song)
    "Santa Maria" is a eurodance song originally recorded and released by Tatjana Simić. The song was later recorded by DJ Milano and British singer Samantha Fox in 1997.- Background :...

    , a song by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
    Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
    Guido and Maurizio de Angelis are Italian musicians.-Beginnings:The brothers were born in Rocca di Papa, near Rome; Guido de Angelis in 1944 , and Maurizio de Angelis in 1947 . Their musical career started in 1963, where, after successfully publishing an LP, they became arrangers for RCA Italiana...

  • Santa Maria, a 1995 song by Dutch-Croatian singer and model Tatjana Simić
  • Santa Maria, a 1976 song by Canadian rock band Trooper (band)
    Trooper (band)
    Trooper is a Juno Award winning Canadian rock band that developed from a group formed by vocalist Ramon McGuire and guitarist Brian Smith in 1975...


 Argentina

  • Santa María, Guetamla volcano-plate Catamarca
    San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
    San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca is a city in northwestern Argentina and capital of Catamarca Province, on the Río Valle River, at the feet of the Cerro Ambato....

  • Santa María de Punilla
  • Santa María, Misiones
  • Santa María Centro, Santa Fe
  • Santa María Norte, Santa Fe
  • Santa María del Buen Ayre, old name of Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...


 Brazil

  • Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
    Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
    Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:...

  • Santa Maria das Barreiras
    Santa Maria das Barreiras
    Santa Maria das Barreiras is a town and municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.-References:...

  • Santa Maria da Boa Vista
    Santa Maria da Boa Vista
    Santa Maria da Boa Vista is a town in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 41,745 and the area is 3001.2 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - São Francisco Pernambucano...

  • Santa Maria do Cambucá
    Santa Maria do Cambucá
    Santa Maria do Cambucá is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste Pernambucano* Boundaries - Paraiba ; Frei Miguelinho ; Surubim and Vertentes do Lério ; Vertentes...

    , Pernambuco
  • Santa Maria do Herval
    Santa Maria do Herval
    -See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...

    , Rio Grande do Sul
  • Santa Maria de Itabira
    Santa Maria de Itabira
    Santa Maria de Itabira is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...

    , Minas Gerais
  • Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo
  • Santa Maria Madalena
    Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro
    Santa Maria Madalena is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 10,242 and its area is 816 km²....

    , Rio de Janeiro
  • Santa Maria do Oeste
    Santa Maria do Oeste
    Santa Maria do Oeste is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

    , Paraná
  • Santa Maria do Pará
    Santa Maria do Pará
    Santa Maria do Pará is a town and municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.-References:...

    , Pará
  • Santa Maria do Salto
    Santa Maria do Salto
    Santa Maria do Salto is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 5,724 inhabitants in a total area of 442 km²....

    , Minas Gerais
  • Santa Maria da Serra
    Santa Maria da Serra
    Santa Maria da Serra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 4,863 and the area is 257.11 km². The elevation is 495 m....

    , São Paulo
  • Santa Maria do Suaçuí
    Santa Maria do Suaçuí
    Santa Maria do Suaçuí is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-People:Santa Maria do Suaçuí is the hometown of Rui Ricardo Dias, which plays Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the film Lula, o filho do Brasil....

    , Minas Gerais
  • Santa Maria do Tocantins
    Santa Maria do Tocantins
    Santa Maria do Tocantins is a town and municipality in the state of Tocantins in the Northern region of Brazil.-References:...

    , Tocantins
  • Santa Maria da Vitória
    Santa Maria da Vitória
    Santa Maria da Vitória is a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.Santa Maria da Vitória é um município brasileiro do estado da Bahia...

    , Bahia

 Guatemala

  • Santa María Cahabón
    Santa María Cahabón
    Cahabón is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It is situated at 250m above sea level. It contains 31,425 people. It covers a terrain of 900km2. The annual festival is September 1-September 8.-External links:*...

  • Santa María Chiquimula
    Santa María Chiquimula
    Santa María Chiquimula is a municipality in the Totonicapán department of Guatemala....

  • Santa María Ixhuatán
    Santa María Ixhuatán
    Santa María Ixhuatán is a municipality in the Santa Rosa department of Guatemala....

  • Santa María Visitación
    Santa María Visitación
    Santa María Visitación is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala....

  • Santa María de Jesús
    Santa María de Jesús
    Santa Maria de Jesus, Sacatepequez, Guatemala is a municipality in the department of Sacatepéquez, near Antigua Guatemala, about 10 km. Located under the slopes of Volcan de Agua. This town has a height of 2,070 meters above sea level. Its central square has a temple built in the seventeenth...

  • Santa María (volcano)

 Italy

  • In Ardara:
    • Santa Maria del Regno
      Santa Maria del Regno
      thumb|250px|Façade.Santa Maria del Regno is a Romanesque church in Ardara, province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.-History:The church, together with the annexed castle of which ruins remain today, was built in the 11th century by Giorgia, daughter of the Giudice of Torres, as a Palace Chapel...

  • In Bergamo:
    • Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo
      Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo
      The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in Bergamo, Northern Italy.-History:The church was founded in 1137 on the site of another church from the 8th century dedicated to St Mary, which had been in turn erected over a Roman temple of the Clemence. The high altar was consecrated in 1185 and...

  • In Esine:
    • Church of Santa Maria Assunta (Esine)
      Church of Santa Maria Assunta (Esine)
      Santa Maria Assunta is a church in the north-west of Esine, in the province of Brescia, northern Italy, listed as national monument.The building was originally constructed around 1480, and initially had a gabled façade with a round window , replaced by the current structure in 1776...

  • In Florence:
    • Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
    • Florence Cathedral or Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
    • Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence
      Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence
      Santa Maria degli Angeli is the former church of a now-defunct monastery in Florence, Italy. It belonged to the Camaldolese order, which was a reformed branch of the Benedictines. The congregation was founded in 1012 by the hermit St. Romuald at Camaldoli, near Arezzo, hence the name...

    • Santa Maria dei Candeli
      Santa Maria dei Candeli
      Santa Maria dei Candeli is a former church situated in the Borgo Pinti in central Florence.Initially founded in 13-14th centuries as a convent; the present structure was enlarged starting 1558, with a radical rebuilding in 1703 by the Baroque artist Giovanni Battista Foggini. The ceiling is...

    • Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
      Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
      Santa Maria del Carmine is a church of the Carmelite Order, in the Oltrarno district of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy. It is famous as the location of the Brancacci Chapel housing outstanding Renaissance frescoes by Masaccio and Masolino da Panicale, later finished by Filippino Lippi.-History:The...

  • In Monza:
    • Santa Maria in Strada
      Santa Maria in Strada
      Santa Maria in Strada is a church in Monza, Lombardy, northern Italy.-History:According to the chronicler Bonincontro Morigia, the church was begun in 1357 over a pre-existing Franciscan convent. The original edifice was subsequently enlarged and enriched with a choir, a sacristy and a bell tower...

  • In Marche:
    • Santa Maria Nuova, Marche, a comune in Marche
  • In Milan:
    • Santa Maria presso San Satiro
      Santa Maria presso San Satiro
      Santa Maria presso San Satiro is a church of Milan.The church lies on the site of a primitive worship place erected by the archbishop Anspertus in 879, dedicated to Saint Satyrus, confessor and brother of Saints Ambrose and Marcellina. The current church was instead built from 1472 to 1482 under...

    • Sant'Angelo (Milan)
      Sant'Angelo (Milan)
      Sant'Angelo is a church in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy, belonging to the Franciscan Order.The church was constructed in the mid-16th century by the Spanish general and Governor Milan Ferrante Gonzaga, over an edifice already existing in 1418, in replacement of the eponymous one, which had been...

       or Santa Maria degli Angeli
  • In Montefiascone:
    • Santa Maria di Montedoro
  • In Murano:
    • Church of Santa Maria e San Donato
      Church of Santa Maria e San Donato
      The Church of Santa Maria e San Donato is a religious edifice located in Murano, northern Italy. It is known for its twelfth century Byzantine mosaic pavement and is said to contain the relics of Saint Donatus of Arezzo as well as large bones behind the altar said to be the bones of a dragon slain...

    • Santa Maria degli Angeli (Murano)
      Santa Maria degli Angeli (Murano)
      Santa Maria degli Angeli is a church in Murano, an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy.-History:The church's origins date to 1188 when Ginevra Gradenigo, a Venetian noblewoman forced to became a nun by his father, donated to abbess Giacomina Boncio a land to built there a monastery...

  • In Naples:
    • Santa Donna Regina Nuova
      Santa Donna Regina Nuova
      Santa Maria Donna Regina Nuova is a church in Naples, in southern Italy. It is called Nuova to distinguish it from the older church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia....

       or Santa Maria Donna Regina Nuova
    • Santa Maria di Costantinopoli
      Santa Maria di Costantinopoli
      The Church of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli is a 16th century church in Naples, southern Italy, located on the street of the same name.Its name is allied to the cult of St. Mary of Constantinople, which rose to prominence in 1527-1528, during one of the frequent attacks of plague afflicting the city...

    • Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia
      Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia
      Santa Donna Regina Vecchia is a church in Naples, in southern Italy. It is called Vecchia to distinguish it from the newer and adjacent church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Nuova....

  • In Palermo:
    • Martorana
      Martorana
      The Church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio or San Nicolò dei Greci, commonly called the Martorana, overlooking the renowned Piazza Bellini in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy...

       or Church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio
    • Santa Maria della Catena
      Santa Maria della Catena
      Santa Maria della Catena is a church in Palermo, southern Italy.The church was built in 1490-1520, designed by Matteo Carnilivari. Tha name derives from the presence, on one of the walls, of a chain which closed the Cala port....

  • In Pavia:
    • Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia
      Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia
      Santa Maria del Carmine is a church in Pavia, Lombardy, northern Italy, considered amongst the best examples of Lombard Gothic architecture. It was begun in 1374 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, on a project attributed to Bernardo da Venezia...

    • Santa Maria di Canepanova
      Santa Maria di Canepanova
      Santa Maria di Canepanova is a Renaissance church in Pavia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It was designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.The church was built from 1500 to 1507, when Amadeo was at the climax of his fame...

  • In Pisa:
    • Santa Maria della Spina
      Santa Maria della Spina
      Santa Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church in the Italian city of Pisa. The church, erected in 1230, was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo: the new name of Spina derives from the presence of a thorn allegedly part of the crown dressed by Christ on the Cross, brought here in 1333...

  • In Ponza:
    • Santa Maria (Ponza)
  • In Prato:
    • Santa Maria delle Carceri
      Santa Maria delle Carceri
      thumb|280px|Santa Maria delle Carceri.Santa Maria delle Carceri is a basilica church in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It is considered one of the earliest, most notable examples of use of Greek cross plan in Renaissance architecture.-History:...

  • In Rome:
    • Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
      Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
      The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major , known also by other names, is the largest Roman Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.There are other churches in Rome dedicated to Mary, such as Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greater size of the...

    • Santa Francesca Romana
      Santa Francesca Romana
      Santa Francesca Romana, previously known as Santa Maria Nova, is a church in Rome, Italy, situated next to the Roman Forum.- History :...

       or Santa Maria Nova
    • Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto
      Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto
      Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesanto are two churches in Rome.They are located on the Piazza del Popolo, facing the northern gate of the Aurelian Walls, at the entrance of Via del Corso on the square...

    • Santa Maria della Consolazione
      Santa Maria della Consolazione
      Santa Maria della Consolazione is a Roman Catholic church in Rome at the foot of the Palatine Hill, in rione Campitelli.-History:The church is named after an icon of the Virgin Mary which was placed on this site to console criminals who were tossed down off the cliff above the church, thought to be...

    • Santa Maria della Pace
      Santa Maria della Pace
      Santa Maria della Pace is a church in Rome, central Italy, not far from Piazza Navona.The current building was built on the foundations of the pre-existing church of Sant'Andrea de Aquarizariis in 1482, commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV. The church was rededicated to the Virgin Mary to remember a...

    • Santa Maria del Popolo
      Santa Maria del Popolo
      Santa Maria del Popolo is an Augustinian church located in Rome, Italy.It stands to the north side of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares in the city. The Piazza is situated between the ancient Porta Flaminia and the park of the Pincio...

    • Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
      Santa Maria in Aracoeli
      The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven is a titular basilica in Rome, located on the highest summit of the Campidoglio. It is still the designated Church of the city council of Rome, which uses the ancient title of Senatus Populusque Romanus...

    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
      Santa Maria in Trastevere
      The Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere is a titular minor basilica, one of the oldest churches in Rome, and perhaps the first in which mass was openly celebrated...

    • Santa Maria in Via Lata
      Santa Maria in Via Lata
      Santa Maria in Via Lata is a church on the Via del Corso , in Rome, Italy.-History:It is claimed that St. Paul spent two years here, in the crypt under the church, whilst under house arrest waiting for his trial. This conflicts with the tradition regarding San Paolo alla Regola...

    • Santa Maria Maddalena
      Santa Maria Maddalena
      The Santa Maria Maddalena is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, named after Saint Mary Magdalene. It is located on the Via della Maddalena, one of the streets leading from the Piazza del Pantheon in the Campo Marzio area of historic Rome....

    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
      Santa Maria sopra Minerva
      The Basilica of Saint Mary Above Minerva is a titular minor basilica and one of the most important churches of the Roman Catholic Dominican order in Rome, Italy. The church, located in the Piazza della Minerva in the Campus Martius region, is considered the only Gothic church in Rome. It houses...

  • In Schio:
    • Santa Maria, Schio, Italy, a neighborhood of Schio
  • In Venice:
    • Abbazia della Misericordia
      Abbazia della Misericordia
      The Church of the Abbey of Misericordia is a religious edifice in Venice, Italy, in the sestiere Cannaregio....

       or Santa Maria dell'Abbazia della Misericordia
    • Carmi, Santa Maria dei Carmi
    • Frari, or Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
    • Gesuati
      Gesuati
      Santa Maria del Rosario , commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca canal in Venice, northern Italy....

      , or Santa Maria del Rosario
    • Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice
      Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice
      Santa Maria dei Miracoli is a church in the sestiere of Cannaregio, in Venice, Italy. Also known as the "marble church", it is one of the best examples of the early Venetian Renaissance including colored marble, a false colonnade on the exterior walls , and a semicircular pediment. The main altar...

    • Santa Maria della Salute
    • Santa Maria Formosa
      Santa Maria Formosa
      Santa Maria Formosa is a church in Venice, northern Italy. It was erected in 1492 under the design by Renaissance architect Mauro Codussi. It lies on the site of a former church dating from the 7th century, which, according to tradition, was one of the eight founded by San Magno, bishop of Oderzo...

    • Santa Maria Zobenigo
      Santa Maria Zobenigo
      The Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio is a church in Venice, Italy.The church, whose name translates into St. Mary of the Lily referring to the flower classically depicted as being presented by the Angel Gabriel during the Annunciation), is more commonly known as Santa Maria Zobenigo after the...

       or Santa Maria del Giglio
  • In Verona:
    • Santa Maria in Organo
      Santa Maria in Organo
      Santa Maria in Organo is a church in Verona, Northern Italy.-History:The church's origin dates to the 6th-8th century, at the time of the Ostrogoth and Lombard dominations in Italy. The original convent was destroyed in Napoleonic times. The church was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1117...


 Mexico

  • Misión Santa María de los Ángeles
    Misión Santa María de los Ángeles
    Mission Santa María de los Ángeles was the last of the missions established by the Jesuits in Baja California, Mexico, in 1767. The site chosen was the Cochimí settlement of Cabujakaamung , west of Bahía San Luis Gonzaga near the Gulf of California coast, about 22 kilometers east of Rancho Santa...

    , Baja California
  • Santa María, Campeche
  • Santa María, Chiapas
  • Santa María, Hidalgo
  • Santa María, Michoacán
  • Santa María, Sinaloa
  • Santa María del Oro, Durango
    Santa María del Oro, Durango
    Santa María del Oro is a city and seat of the municipality of El Oro, in the state of Durango, Mexico....

  • Santa María del Oro, Nayarit
    Santa María del Oro, Nayarit
    Santa María del Oro is a municipality and municipal seat in the Mexican state of Nayarit. It is located in the south of the state and has boundaries with the municipalities of El Nayar, Tepic, Ahuacatlán, Jala, San Pedro Lagunillas, La Yesca, and Xalisco. The population was 21,688 in 2005, with...

  • Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca
    Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca
    Santa María del Tule is a town and a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.It is part of the Centro District in the Valles Centrales region.It is located SE of the city of Oaxaca on Highway 190, passing the city and ruins of Mitla...

  • Santa María Jacatepec, Oaxaca

 Philippines

  • Santa Maria, Bulacan
    Santa Maria, Bulacan
    According to the 2007 Census, the population of Sta. Maria grew by 60,976 from 144,282 in 2000 to 205,258 in 2007, making it the third biggest LGU in Bulacan in terms of population. The municipality has a population density of 2,257.56 persons per km² in 24 barangays.Total income in Santa Maria was...

    , an urban municipality in the Bulacan province
  • Santa Maria, Davao del Sur
    Santa Maria, Davao del Sur
    Santa Maria is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 45,571 people in 9,291 households.-Barangays:Santa Maria is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.* Basiawan...

  • Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
    Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
    Santa Maria is a 3rd class partially urban municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 28,002 people in 6,817 households.-Barangays:...

  • Santa Maria, Isabela
    Santa Maria, Isabela
    Santa Maria is a 4th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 20,695 people in 3,280 households.-Barangays:Santa Maria is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.* Bangad...

  • Santa Maria, Laguna
    Santa Maria, Laguna
    Santa Maria is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 26,267 people in 4,914 households.-Geography:...

  • Santa Maria, Pangasinan
    Santa Maria, Pangasinan
    Santa Maria is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 30,721 people in 5,818 households.-Barangays:Santa Maria is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.* Bal-loy...

  • Santa Maria, Romblon
    Santa Maria, Romblon
    Santa Maria is a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 7,324 people in 1,476 households.-Barangays:Santa Maria is politically subdivided into 6 barangays.* Bonga...


 Portugal

  • Santa Maria (Bragança)
    Santa Maria (Bragança)
    Santa Maria is a Portuguese parish in the district of Bragança. The population in 2001 was 3,404, with a population density of 241.2/km² and an area of 14.11 km²....

    , a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança
  • Santa Maria (Celorico da Beira), a civil parish in the municipality of Celorico da Beira
  • Santa Maria (Covilhã), a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã
  • Santa Maria (Estremoz), a civil parish in the municipality of Estremoz
  • Santa Maria (Lagos), a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos
  • Santa Maria (Manteigas), a civil parish in the municipality of Manteigas
  • Santa Maria (Óbidos), a civil parish in the municipality of Óbidos
  • Santa Maria (Odemira), a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira
  • Santa Maria (Serpa), a civil parish in the municipality of Serpa
  • Santa Maria (Tavira)
    Santa Maria (Tavira)
    Santa Maria de Tavira is a freguesia in the Tavira Municipality . It is the main parish of the city of Tavira.-External links:...

    , a civil parish in the municipality of Tavira
  • Santa Maria (Torres Novas), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Novas
  • Santa Maria (Trancoso), a civil parish in the municipality of Trancoso
  • Cabo de Santa Maria
    Cabo de Santa Maria (Faro)
    Cape of St. Mary is the southernmost point of mainland Portugal, in the municipality of Faro. It is a point in the curve of a beach in the Island of Barreta, which has also the name of Island of Cabo de Santa Maria....

    , a cape south of Faro; the southernmost point of mainland Portugal
  • Church of Santa Maria do Olival
    Church of Santa Maria do Olival
    The Church of Santa Maria do Olival is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Tomar, in Portugal.The church was built in the second half of the 12th century by the provincial master of the Order of the Knights Templar in Portugal, Gualdim Pais...

    , a church in Tomar
  • Jerónimos Monastery#Church of Santa Maria, a church in Lisbon

In the archipelago of the Azores:
  • Santa Maria
    Santa Maria Island
    Santa Maria , Portuguese for Saint Mary, is an island located in the eastern group of the Azores archipelago and the southernmost island in the Azores...

     is an island in the Eastern Group of islands

 Spain

  • In Asturias:
    • Church of Santa María de Celón
    • Church of Santa María de Villanueva
    • Church of Santa María de Sariegomuerto
    • Church of Santa María de Sabada
    • Church of Santa María de Junco
    • Church of Santa María de Llas
    • Church of Santa María de la Corte
  • In Barcelona:
    • Santa Maria de Besora
      Santa Maria de Besora
      Santa Maria de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Bellmunt range in the north of the comarca. It islinked to Sant Quirze de Besora and to Vidrà by a local road...

    • Santa Maria de Corcó
      Santa Maria de Corcó
      Santa Maria de Corcó is a municipality in the comarca of Osona inCatalonia, Spain. The village is commonly known as L'Esquirol, the place of origin of the House of Cabrera.-References:...

    • Santa Maria de Martorelles
      Santa Maria de Martorelles
      Santa Maria de Martorelles is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....

    • Santa Maria de Merlès
      Santa Maria de Merlès
      Santa Maria de Merlès is a municipality in Catalonia. It is officially within the comarca of Berguedà, but traditionally, it is a part of the natural comarca of Lluçanès. The municipality is located on the riera, or stream, of Merlès, from which the town takes its name...

    • Santa Maria de Miralles
      Santa Maria de Miralles
      Santa Maria de Miralles is a municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain....

    • Santa Maria de Palautordera
      Santa Maria de Palautordera
      Santa Maria de Palautordera is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain....

    • Santa Maria d'Oló
      Santa Maria d'Oló
      Santa Maria d'Oló is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....

    • Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona
  • In Bendones:
    • Church of Santa María de Bendones
      Church of Santa María de Bendones
      St. Mary of Bendones is a Roman Catholic Asturian Pre-Romanesque church situated in Bendones, Spain, build between 792 and 842.It was appointed Spanish National Monument in 1958...

  • In Burgos:
    • Santa María de Ananúñez
    • Santa María de Garoña
    • Santa María de Tajadura
    • Santa María del Campo
      Santa María del Campo
      Santa Maria del Campo is a village and municipality in the Province of Burgos, Spain. The village is in the wine region known as Ribera del Arlanza, 22 km from Lerma....

    • Santa María del Invierno
      Santa María del Invierno
      Santa María del Invierno is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 69 inhabitants....

    • Santa María del Llano de Tudela
    • Santa María del Mercadillo
      Santa María del Mercadillo
      Santa María del Mercadillo is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 167 inhabitants....

    • Santa María Ribarredonda
  • In Cádiz:
    • El Puerto de Santa María
      El Puerto de Santa María
      El Puerto de Santa María is a municipality located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of Cádiz, Spain. , the city has a population of c...

  • In Gran Canaria:
    • Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria
      Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria
      Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria is a municipality in Las Palmas province of the Canary Islands. It is located on the north side of Grand Canary island....

  • In León:
    • Santa María del Páramo
      Santa María del Páramo
      Santa María del Páramo is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census , the municipality has a population of 3.179 inhabitants....

  • In Salamanca:
    • Santa María de Sando
      Santa María de Sando
      Santa María de Sando is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 159 inhabitants....

  • In Oviedo:
    • Santa María del Naranco
      Santa María del Naranco
      The church of St Mary at Mount Naranco is a Roman Catholic Asturian pre-Romanesque Asturian architecture church on the slope of Mount Naranco situated 3 km from Oviedo, northern Spain. Ramiro I of Asturias ordered it to be built as a royal palace as part of a larger complex that also...

  • In Tarragona:
    • El Pla de Santa Maria
      El Pla de Santa Maria
      El Pla de Santa Maria is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Camp in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated at the foot of the Miramar range. The municipality is served the A-2 autopista and is linked to Valls by the T-200 road.-Sources:...

  • In Toledo:
    • Santa María de Melque
      Santa María de Melque
      Santa María de Melque is a church in the border municipality of San Martín de Montalbán in the province of Toledo , 30 km south of the capital, and equidistant from the towns of La Puebla de Montalbán and Gálvez, between the brook Ripas and the river Torcón, a tributary of the river Tagus.Of...

  • In Toro:
  • In Valladolid:
    • Santa María La Antigua

 United States

  • Santa Maria, California
    Santa Maria, California
    Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. The 2010 census population was 100,062, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the largest city in the county...

  • Santa Maria Valley AVA
    Santa Maria Valley AVA
    Santa Maria Valley is an American Viticultural Area located in Northern Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County, California USA.- History :...

    , California wine region
  • Santa Maria, Texas
    Santa Maria, Texas
    Santa Maria is a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 846 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Santa Maria (building)
    Santa Maria (building)
    The Santa Maria is a residential skyscraper in the City of Miami, Florida, United States. The building is located in the city's Brickell neighborhood, south of Downtown. The building has 51 floors and is tall. The address is 1643 Brickell Avenue. The building is just a short distance from the...

    , a skyscraper in Miami, Florida
  • Church of San Isidro Labrador and Santa María de la Cabeza of Sabana Grande
    Church of San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza of Sabana Grande
    Church of San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza of Sabana Grande, is a Spanish Colonial style building in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, dating from 1844. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.-See also:*...

    , Puerto Rico
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