Article Nº 1830 Locality (sítio) Funchal Vol. II · p. 264
Igreja Velha
Locality in São Roque parish, Funchal, named after an old chapel of São Roque that served as parish church from 1579 until it collapsed in 1790.
In the parish (freguesia) of São Roque in Funchal there is a locality (sítio) of this name, and there was once an old chapel dedicated to St Roch, which served as the parish church from 1579 to 1790. In that year it collapsed, being by then already in an advanced state of ruin.
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