Article Nº 1832 Street, square or road Funchal Vol. II · p. 265
Igrejinha (street)
Original title: Igrejinha (Rua da)
Former Funchal street between Largo do Colégio and Rua das Pretas, named after the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade (the 'Igrejinha'), founded 1613 and demolished 1836.
It ran between the Largo of the College (Colégio) and Rua das Pretas. At its end, in the locality (sítio) now occupied by the Largo da Igrejinha, stood the chapel of Our Lady of Pity (Nossa Senhora da Piedade) – or, as it was commonly called, the Igrejinha (‘little church’) – founded in 1613 by Domingos Rodrigues Garcez and demolished by the Council in 1836.
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