“…passing by a turn made by the land, they entered a beautiful cove in the beach, where they saw a beautiful and delightful valley covered by trees, where on land they found some old logs blown down by the weather, from which the captain ordered a cross to be made, which was then raised to […]
“This village of Machico (head and seat of this first Captain Tristão) although small, and has few neighbours, is very well laid out, pleasant, with many vegetable gardens and orchards, set in the middle of a stream so fresh and superb” Jerónimo Dias Leite, 16th Cent The municipality of Machico is considered a place that […]
«(…) uma freguesia de invocação de Santa Ana (…) são terras de lavrança, de muito pão e criações; tem muita castanha e noz, e muitas águas e fructos de toda a sorte». Gaspar Frutuoso, Séc. XVI Located on the north coast of the island, the municipality of Santana is made up of six parishes: Arco […]
“To the west, one league from Campanário, lies Ribeira Brava … The stream (ribeira) is so furious when it is full that is sometimes takes many houses and causes a lot of damage, because it comes from great mountains and high hills, and it is for this reason they came to call it Brava (wild).” […]
“… they sailed further down until they came to a narrow rock, …, which enters out into the sea, and, between this rock and the other, there is an arm of the sea at rest, where nature made a large den, in the style of a chamber of rock and stone; here the skiffs were […]
«… Because before they arrived at the coast of Africa, they were struck by a storm so large with the force of winds against them, that they despaired for their lives: for the ship was so small, and the sea so rough it swallowed them, pushing the dry tree about at will. (…) But it […]
“One league beyond Ponta Delgada lies S. Vicente, with its substantial lands of laurels, and its domestic animals; many walnut-yielding trees, chestnut, and other types; many grapevines, and much water, and two watermills”. Gaspar Frutuoso, 16th Century The council of São Vicente is situated on the North coast of Madeira island. This is one of […]
“This part of the Island is by nature rough and heavily wooded, so that its inhabitants have the alliance between the useful and the agreeable. (…) As can be easily concluded, this part of the island is no less enchanting than useful, for loneliness has its charms, proof of this being that the Madeirans from […]
Calheta “running along the coast a good two leagues without finding a place to put ashore, they came upon a large bay, where desirous to explore the land, they disembarked between some rocky cliffs, making there a landing point which the captains called Calheta.” Gaspar Frutuoso, 16th cent The municipalities of Calheta, located in the […]
Considered to be the warmest municipality on the island and where the sun shines for the most number of hours, the village is located in..
The parish of the bridges The great profusion of faias or “myrica faya” (beech trees) is in the origin of the name Faial (plantation of beech trees). These are indigenous trees of the Miracaceas family, which, still today, spontaneously grow on the valleys of streams and high mountains. Accounts state that the civil parish […]
Woodland The name of the civil parish owes its origin to an existing chapel, in the name of the patron saint of the festivity, São Roque (Saint Roque), which used to be part of Faial ecclesiastic parish. Thus, it became, São Roque do Faial. As such, the patron saint of the civil parish is […]
Campanário is one of the parish in the municipality of Ribeira Brava. it is located east of Calheta municipality and west of Funchal city. Campanario’s main industries are agriculture and small businesses.
“To the west, one league from Campanário, lies Ribeira Brava…The stream (ribeira) is so furious when it is full that it sometimes takes many houses and causes a lot of damage, because it comes from great mountains and high hills, and it is for this reason they came to call it Brava (wild).” Gaspar Frutuoso, […]
Serra de Água is a civil parish in the district of Ribeira Brava, in Madeira Island. This civil parish is connected north of the road linking the municipalities of Calheta and Funchal, by a road linking Ribeira Brava abnd São Vicente. Ribeira Brava is composed by four parishes, one of them being Serra de Água. […]
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