Barca (square) 1Origins and ownership
Barca (square)
Original title: Barca (Campo da)
History of the Campo da Barca, a public square in Funchal built under Governor Florencio José Correia de Melo and handed to the municipality in 1818, named after the Conde da Barca. The entry also traces its later renamings and the buildings now on the site.
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1Origins and ownership
The original Campo da Barca (‘boat field’) had its northern boundary at the ramp that now leads to the Estrada do Conde do Carvalhal (‘Count of Carvalhal road’). It was built on the orders of the governor and captain-general Florencio José Correia de Melo, on land given free of charge by João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo and Miguel Carvalho. Once ceded, it was handed over to the Council on 21 January 1818 by a ministerial order (portaria) of the same governor.
The part of the Campo da Barca north of this ramp was handed over to the municipality under the law (carta de lei) of 13 September 1897. The land now occupied by the Disinfection Station was given free of charge by the Council to the District General Council (Junta Geral) at its session of 12 March 1903.
2Names
The Campo da Barca is, and always will be, known by this name, even though it has officially been called Campo de Miguel Bombarda since 1911. Before that, in 1897, the Council had resolved that it should be called Campo do Conselheiro José Luciano de Castro, but the public did not accept this decision either, being on the whole little inclined to respect the political sympathies of its councillors (vereadores).
The square we are describing was originally called Campo do Conde da Barca, but the people, with their tendency to simplify, turned that name into Campo da Barca. The Count of Barca whom Florencio José Correia de Melo wished to honour was, as is well known, António de Araújo e Azevedo, who was our minister at The Hague and later Portuguese plenipotentiary in France at the time of the negotiation of the treaty of 10 August 1797.
3Location and present buildings
The Campo da Barca lies on the left bank of the Ribeira de João Gomes (‘João Gomes’s stream’). Its southern boundary was the Larguinho de São João (‘little St John square’), where the Rua do Oudinot, the Rua da Infância and the Rua do Ornelas come out. The street that continues the Avenida de João de Deus and crosses this square has divided it into two quite distinct parts. The southern part has been turned into a square named after Tenerife, the Praça de Tenerife. The northern part holds the Land Disinfection Station (Posto de Desinfecção Terrestre), opened to the public in 1905, and the District Anti-Tuberculosis Dispensary (Dispensário Anti Tuberculoso Distrital), built in 1933. In front of this dispensary stands the monument to the Count of Canavial, which formerly stood on the Avenida do Doutor Manuel de Arriaga.
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Time
Years mentioned · 07-
A treaty was negotiated in France with António de Araújo e Azevedo, later Conde da Barca, as Portuguese plenipotentiary.
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The Campo da Barca was handed over to the Funchal council by order of the governor.
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Funchal council resolved to rename the Campo da Barca after José Luciano de Castro, a change the public ignored.
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A law transferred the northern part of the Campo da Barca to the municipality of Funchal.
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The Funchal council ceded land on Campo da Barca to the Junta Geral for a disinfection station.
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The public land disinfection station at Campo da Barca, Funchal, opened.
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Campo da Barca in Funchal was officially renamed Campo de Miguel Bombarda.
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The district anti-tuberculosis dispensary was built on the Campo da Barca in Funchal.
Place
Places mentioned · 14- Campo da Barca · Subject
Funchal
Campo da Barca is a public square in Funchal, built under Governor Florencio José Correia de Melo, handed to the municipality in 1818 and named after the Conde da Barca. It was the site of the disinfection post, which was attacked in popular riots, and of the house where the Asilo da Infância operated from 1836. Part of the square was later renamed Praça de Tenerife.
- Avenida Arriaga
Funchal. Former site of the Conde do Canavial monument.
An avenue in Funchal, planned by Ventura Terra, incorporating the former Terreiro da Sé and Praça Real. Zargo's statue was inaugurated there in 1934, and it was the original site of the João Fernandes Vieira monument. It was brilliantly illuminated for the quincentenary.
- Avenida de João de Deus
Funchal. Avenue whose extension crosses and divides the square.
Avenida de João de Deus is an avenue in Funchal next to the Beco do Ribeirinho. Its extension crosses the Campo da Barca and divides the square.
- District Tuberculosis Dispensary
Funchal. Tuberculosis dispensary built in 1933 on the northern part of the square.
Tuberculosis dispensary built in 1933 on the northern part of the square.
- Estrada do Conde do Carvalhal
Funchal. Road whose access ramp marked the original northern limit of the square.
Road whose access ramp marked the original northern limit of the square.
- France
Country where the Conde da Barca negotiated the 1797 treaty.
France is a country where several Madeirans fought and died in the First World War, including Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia and João Paulo da Veiga Pestana. It was also a place of study, of exile and of refuge for Madeirans. It was the origin of the expedition behind the Saque dos Franceses and the intended destination of the fugitives in the Machim legend.
- Land Disinfection Station
Funchal. Disinfection station opened in 1905 on the northern part of the square.
The Posto de Desinfecção Terrestre is a public health disinfection station in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, Funchal. It opened in 1905 on the northern part of the Campo da Barca.
- Larguinho de São João
Funchal. Small square forming the southern limit of the Campo.
Larguinho de São João was a small square in Funchal forming the southern limit of the Campo da Barca. Its site now bears the name Praça de São João.
- Praça de Tenerife
Funchal. Square formed from the southern part of the Campo da Barca.
Praça de Tenerife is a square in Funchal named in honour of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It was formed from the southern part of the Campo da Barca, and the old Praça de São João has been incorporated into it.
- Ribeira de João Gomes
Funchal. Stream on whose left bank the square lies.
The Ribeira de João Gomes is a stream in Funchal that rises in the Serra do Poiso, receives the Ribeira das Cales and was once called Ribeira de Nossa Senhora do Calhau. It marked the eastern limit of the planned city walls and of the parish of Santa Luzia, and the Calhau church stood beside it. The 1941 municipal slaughterhouse stands on its right bank.
- Rua da Infância
Funchal. Street opening onto the Larguinho de São João.
A street in Funchal that opens into the Largo or Praça dos Lavradores and onto the Larguinho de São João.
- Rua do Ornelas
Funchal. Street opening onto the Larguinho de São João.
Street opening onto the Larguinho de São João.
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People
People mentioned · 07-
Conde da Barca, Portuguese minister at The Hague and plenipotentiary in France in 1797, in whose honour the square was named.
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Governor and captain-general of Madeira who had the Campo da Barca built and named it after the Conde da Barca.
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Landowner who donated land for the Campo da Barca.
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Nobleman whose monument, moved from the Avenida do Doutor Manuel de Arriaga, stands in front of the dispensary.
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Politician after whom the council tried to rename the square in 1897, a name the public ignored.
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Figure after whom the square was officially renamed in 1911.
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Landowner who donated land for the Campo da Barca.