Article Nº 2280 Street, square or road Funchal Vol. II · p. 651
Marquês (square)
Original title: Marquês (Largo do)
A square in Funchal, also known as Moinhos, named after the marquesses of Castelo Melhor, whose water mills nearby were demolished in 1898.
It is also known as Moinhos (‘mills’). Near it stood several water mills belonging to the marquesses of Castelo Melhor, who also gave the place its name; the mills were demolished in 1898. See Moinhos.
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