Article Nº 3005 Locality (sítio) Machico Vol. III · p. 249
Preces
A locality in the parish of Machico, within the inhabited sítio of Marco, named after the chapel of Nossa Senhora das Preces, founded in 1750.
A village (lugar, settlement rank below a town) in the parish (freguesia) of Machico, set within the inhabited locality of Marco (‘boundary stone’). It takes its name from the chapel of Our Lady of Prayers (Nossa Senhora das Preces), founded by Canon Agostinho de Góis e Meneses in 1750 and rebuilt by António Tiago da Silva in 1884.
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