Article Nº 2577 Chapel Funchal Vol. II · p. 866
Our Lady of Rest (chapel)
Original title: Nossa Senhora do descanso (Capela de)
A former chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Rest in the parish of Santa Luzia, Funchal, on the Quinta do Descanso; it belonged to the entailed estate of Tristão Bettencourt da Câmara.
A chapel with this dedication once stood in the parish (freguesia) of Santa Luzia (‘St Lucy’), on the property still known today as the quinta (country estate) of Descanso, Quinta do Descanso. It belonged to the entailed estate (morgadio) of Tristão Bettencourt da Câmara, but we do not know when it was built.
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