Paredes

An inhabited locality in the parish (freguesia) of Arco da Calheta (‘arc of Calheta’). The chapel of Our Lady of Nazaré (Nossa Senhora da Nazaré) that stands there was built in the last quarter of the 17th century by Francisco de Barros Maciel. It was entirely rebuilt in 1830 by António João Barbosa de Matos e Câmara, a descendant of the founder. It is an entailed foundation (instituição vincular, a morgado or capela), whose first administrator was the said Francisco de Barros Maciel.