Câmara de Lobos (landing place, quay and cove)
Original title: Camara de Lôbos (Porto, Cais e Enseada de)
Describes the bay, beach and landing quay of Câmara de Lobos, an important fishing centre west of Funchal; the quay was built in 1876 and improved in 1903.
The so-called town (vila) of Câmara de Lobos (‘seals’ den’), seat of the parish (freguesia) and municipality (concelho) of the same name, faces a cove that is not very large but picturesque. It is bounded by a small beach of rounded pebbles and served by a landing quay, which was built in 1876 and considerably improved in 1903. This landing place sees relatively heavy traffic, because Câmara de Lobos is an important fishing centre, whose industry employs several hundred people. The steamers of the coastal shipping service call here. It lies 4 miles from the Port of Funchal (Porto do Funchal) and 3 from that of Campanário (‘bell tower’).
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- Câmara de Lobos
Town at the head of the bay described in the entry, seat of the parish and municipality.
Câmara de Lobos is a municipality of Madeira whose seat was historically a 'lugar' rather than a vila. The Elucidário quotes Gaspar Frutuoso's description of it and outlines the creation of the concelho in 1835 and later changes to its parishes.
- Campanário
Ribeira Brava. Its landing lies 3 miles from Câmara de Lobos.
Campanário is a parish in Madeira, formerly part of Câmara de Lobos and later joined to the municipality of Ribeira Brava, drained by the Ribeira do Campanário (or da Lapa). The Elucidário records its landing, its band, its capitania-mor, its tithes paid to the Jesuits, a former chapel of St John founded in 1728, and the vicar sentenced by the Alçada of 1823. It was also the birthplace of Bishop D. Manuel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade and the jurist Francisco Justino Gonçalves de Andrade.
- Harbour of Funchal
Funchal. Lies 4 miles from the port of Câmara de Lobos.
Funchal Bay, the largest harbour of the Madeira archipelago and the leading port of the Adjacent Islands. The islet lies at its western end, and it lies 4 miles from the port of Câmara de Lobos. The Elucidário gives its shipping statistics from 1901 to 1943 and records episodes such as corsair and warship visits.