Article Nº 3003 Locality (sítio) Funchal Vol. III · p. 247
Prazeres
Prazeres was a former locality in the parish of Monte, roughly where the Monte Palace Hotel and its surroundings now stand. It took its name from a chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres that once stood there.
A former locality in the parish (freguesia) of Monte (‘hill’), corresponding roughly to the site now occupied by the Monte Palace Hotel and its surroundings. A chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Joys (Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres) once stood here and gave the place its name.
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