Lombo do Atouguia
Inhabited locality in Calheta parish named after settler Luís de Atouguia, with several 17th- and 18th-century chapels.
An inhabited locality (sítio) in the parish (freguesia) of Calheta (‘small cove’), named after the early settler Luís de Atouguia, who held sesmaria (royal land grant to settlers on condition of cultivation) lands here and founded an entailed estate (morgadio) on them. There was once a chapel here dedicated to Our Lady of the Good Death (Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte), founded by Francisco Homem de Couto in 1661. The chapel of São Pedro de Alcântara (St Peter of Alcántara), formerly also known as St John the Baptist, still stands here; João Baptista Teixeira had it built in 1783. In this same locality, at the place called Vargem de Baixo (‘lower meadow’), António Moniz de Meneses and his wife Dona Catarina de Meneses built a chapel consecrated to Our Lady of Pity (Nossa Senhora da Piedade) in 1657.
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The Piedade chapel at Vargem de Baixo, Calheta, was built.
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Francisco Homem de Couto built the Boa Morte chapel at Atouguia, Calheta.
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The chapel of São Pedro de Alcântara at Lombo do Atouguia, Calheta, was built and endowed by deed on 9 February 1783, with licence for its blessing granted on 13 October.
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Places mentioned · 04- Lombo do Atouguia · Subject
Calheta. Subject of the entry.
Lombo do Atouguia is an inhabited locality in Calheta parish, named after the settler Luís de Atouguia and his family's lands. It has several 17th- and 18th-century chapels, including the chapel of São Pedro de Alcântara, perhaps once dedicated to St John.
- Calheta
Parish containing the locality.
Calheta is a town, parish and municipality on Madeira's south-west coast and one of the island's oldest settlements. The Elucidário covers its name, early settlers such as Pedro Berenguer, its church and many chapels, including one of a former Franciscan convent, and the 1834 riot.
- Chapel of St Peter of Alcántara
Calheta. Surviving chapel built in 1783.
The Capela de São Pedro de Alcântara is a surviving chapel at Lombo do Atouguia, Calheta, founded in 1783 by João Baptista Teixeira.
- Vargem de Baixo
Calheta. Spot where the Piedade chapel was built.
Vargem de Baixo is a spot in the parish of Calheta, associated with Lombo do Atouguia. A chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade was built there in 1657.
People
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Built the Piedade chapel at Vargem de Baixo in 1657 with his wife.
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Wife and co-builder of the 1657 Piedade chapel.
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Founded the Boa Morte chapel in 1661.
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Had the São Pedro de Alcântara chapel built in 1783.
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Early settler with sesmaria land here who founded an entail and gave the site its name.