Article Nº 0826 Locality (sítio) Ponta do Sol Vol. I · p. 491
Carvalhal e Carreira
Inhabited locality in the parish of Canhas, home to the chapel of Santo André Avelino built in 1776.
An inhabited locality in the parish (freguesia) of Canhas, where the chapel of Santo André Avelino (St Andrew Avellino) stands. It was built in 1776 by Carlos Nunes de Freitas da Silva and belonged to the house of the Lomelino entail holders. A few years ago the following inscription was placed on one of the chapel’s interior walls: ‘Given by Jacinto Fernandes and completed by José dos Reis and the people’. The locality has 89 households (fogos, literally ‘hearths’) and 378 inhabitants.
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