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Article Nº 2326 Street, square or road Funchal Vol. II · p. 672

Medinas (street)

Original title: Medinas (Rua dos)

Short entry on a Funchal street named after the Medina family who lived there.

Map: Madeira (3)

It is bounded by Rua da Cadeia Velha and Rua do Ribeirinho de Baixo. Its name comes from a family with the surname Medina having lived there. Before the flash flood (aluvião) of 1856, this street was inhabited by families worthy of the greatest consideration and respect.

Chronology
  • Floods damaged Funchal and western parishes; afterwards Rua dos Medinas declined socially and prostitutes settled there and in Rua do Ribeirinho de Baixo.
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