"Nossa Senhora da Conceição" was actually the second village in the Horta basin, after "Matriz do Santíssimo Salvador": the parish of Nossa Senhora das Angústias established only in 1684. The historian Gaspar Frutuoso, noted that the "Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição" ("Church of Our Lady of the Conception") was constructed with three naves, and five columns on each side, and chapel located on its eastern quarter. In 1589, it was sacked by English privateers. In October 1597, it was once again pillaged, but then set aflame. Frair Diogo de Chagas noted that it was rebuilt, starting in 1607, becoming the "“most perfect that existed before"". It was once again remodelled in 1749, under the direction of Father Teodósio Ferreira de Melo.