Viewpoint of the lakes of Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel island, Azores.
The site consists of two lakes, a bleu and a green one. There is a local legend to account for the different colors. The ancient story recounts the tale of a bad-tempered widower King and his daughter in a Kingdom in the Western Sea. The princess, Antília, fell in love with a shepherd boy who decided to ask the king for the princesses hand in marriage. The King refused and forbade his daughter from seeing the young boy. Not wishing more ill feelings, she followed the orders of her father, but met secretly with the shepherd that afternoon in order to tell him that she would never see him again. Antília and the shepherd boy cried all afternoon, embracing, and their tears formed two beautiful lakes, one green, for the Princess's eyes were green, and the other blue, for the shepherd's eyes were likewise colored.
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