Praia da Vitoria  Praia da Vitória  Praia da Vitória (pron. ,
"Victory Beach" in Portuguese) is a municipality in Portugal's
Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Região Autónoma dos
Açores). It is located on the eastern fringe of the island of
Terceira.  It is the second largest municipality on the island,
after Angra do Heroísmo. Until 1981, when the Azorean Parliament
passed an act elevating Praia da Vitória to the rank of city
("cidade" in Portuguese), the town was also known as Vila da
Praia da Vitória (in Portuguese "vila" means a small town and is
the title given to all capitals of municipalities which are not
cities).    Praia da Vitória is a services, fishing and
agricultural community, and boasts a large new marina popular
with the yachting crowd. It is the location of the only sizable
sand beach on Terceira.   Settled in the early 15th century
around a natural harbor and being the most important settlement
in the fertile Terceira Island flatland known as the "Ramo
Grande" area, and then an i