Carlos (Campo de D.)
Funchal square built 1898–1901 to improve Santa Maria Maior, named after King Carlos and renamed Campo do Almirante Reis in 1911.
The former Campo de Dom Carlos (‘King Carlos square’), today Campo do Almirante Reis (‘Admiral Reis field’), was begun in 1898 and completed in 1901. It cost the Municipality more than 24 contos (1 conto = 1,000,000 réis, from 1911 1,000 escudos) and was conceived to improve the sanitation of the Santa Maria Maior (‘St Mary Major’) district. Towards its construction the Government contributed the land of the old Fort of São Pedro (St Peter), part of the city’s curtain wall (cortina, the defensive wall of the city) and perhaps the Campo das Loucas (‘madwomen’s field’) or de Challons; the Municipality contributed the land of the Praça Académica and of the streets bordering it to the south and east, together with that of the Rua dos Balcões (‘street of the balconies’) and of the hovels of this old street, now demolished.
The Campo de Dom Carlos is used for military exercises, and the Municipality’s rights over it are set out in the public deed concluded on 4 September 1897 between the Ministry of War and the Municipal Council.
The request for permission to give the name of the late King Carlos I to the square that the Council intended to build is dated 6 September 1897. The new name of Campo do Almirante Reis, by which the ground is now known, was given to it in 1911 by the first commission to occupy the seats of the Funchal councillors after the republican government was proclaimed in the country.
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A deed was signed between the War Ministry and Funchal council concerning the Campo de D. Carlos.
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A request was made to name the square after King Carlos (Campo de D. Carlos).
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The Campo de D. Carlos was constructed in Funchal.
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Funchal's first republican council renamed Campo de D. Carlos as Campo do Almirante Reis.
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Funchal
Campo de D. Carlos was a square in Funchal, built between 1898 and 1901 to improve the Santa Maria Maior area and named after King Carlos. It was renamed Campo do Almirante Reis in 1911.
- Campo das Loucas
Funchal. Possibly incorporated into the square.
Campo das Loucas, also called Campo de Challons, was a large open ground in Funchal east of the old Praça Académica, used for military drill. It is now part of the Campo do Almirante Reis and was possibly incorporated into the Campo de D. Carlos.
- Fort of São Pedro
Funchal. Former fort whose land was used.
Funchal fortification, also called Forte Novo, completed in 1707 at the east end of the old Praça Académica. Its demolition, together with that of the adjoining city wall, began in 1897, and its land was used for the Campo de D. Carlos.
- Praça Académica
Funchal. Municipal ground given for the square.
The Praça Académica was a former square in Funchal, laid out on municipal ground in 1836; its construction caused the demolition of the Calhau gate. The first magnetic inclination observations were made there in 1839, and fairs were held there from 1850. It also saw an open-air mass during the royal visit. The Forte de São Pedro stood at its eastern end, the Campo das Loucas lay to the east and the steamer Queen was built east of it.
- Rua dos Balcões
Funchal. Old street whose hovels were demolished.
Old street in Funchal, already existing in 1508. Its hovels were demolished in connection with the Campo de D. Carlos.
- Santa Maria Maior
Funchal. District the square was built to sanitise.
A partly urban parish in the eastern part of Funchal, the oldest of the archipelago, also known as Nossa Senhora do Calhau or Socorro. Its church is the former St James church, and it is noted for embroiderers producing the finest work. It became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927.