Centro Cultural John dos Passos (Ponta do Sol)

In the centre of the little town, one of the west coast's most visited cultural venues, dedicated to John dos Passos, the American modernist writer whose grandfather, Manoel Joaquim dos Passos, was born in the municipality before emigrating to the United States; the author visited the island as a child in 1905, then with his wife and daughter in 1960. Housed in a 19th-century building that belonged to relatives of the writer, bought in 2000 by the Regional Government: a permanent room on his life and work, two museum areas, a library, temporary exhibitions and an auditorium.