Ledo e Vinhatico

An inhabited locality (sítio) in the parish (freguesia) of Arco da Calheta (‘arc of Calheta’). João Fernandes de Andrade, one of the earliest settlers of this parish, founded in the locality of Ledo a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Lanço (Our Lady of the Lanço), which he made the seat of an entailed foundation (instituição vincular, a morgado or capela). The chapel of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt (Nossa Senhora do Desterro), built by Rafael Esteves in the third quarter of the 17th century, also once stood there. A state elementary school operates in this locality.