Article Nº 1994 Locality (sítio) Porto Moniz Vol. II · p. 409

Lamaceiros

Name of several Madeiran localities, notably in Santo da Serra and in Porto Moniz, the latter with a chapel of São Pedro damaged in the 1748 earthquake.

Several localities (sítios) in Madeira are known by this name, but the one most worth visiting is in the parish (freguesia) of Santo da Serra (‘the saint of the uplands’).

The locality of Lamaceiros (‘mud flats’) in Porto Moniz (‘Moniz’s harbour’) is also worth a visit. From some nearby peaks part of the Ribeira da Janela (‘window stream’) can be seen. There is a chapel there dedicated to St Peter (São Pedro), badly damaged by the earthquake of 1748 and rebuilt shortly afterwards; it was restored once again a few years ago.

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Chronology

31 March 1748–1 April 1748 On the night of 31 March to 1 April 1748 a violent earthquake struck Madeira, causing few deaths but heavy damage to buildings, including the cathedral, the bishops' palace, the customs house, the Monte church, the Mosteiro Novo house and numerous chapels and parish churches.

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