Article Nº 3271 Street, square or road Funchal Vol. III · pp. 398–399
Sabão (street)
Original title: Sabão (Rua do)
One of Funchal's oldest streets, renamed in 1922 to commemorate the Lisbon–Rio de Janeiro flight of Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral.
Abroad
It is one of the oldest streets in Funchal and links Rua do Comércio, or Rua dos Ferreiros (‘blacksmiths’), with Rua da Alfândega. At a session of the Municipal Council (Câmara Municipal) on 6 July 1922 it was given the somewhat vague name of ‘Rua 17 de Junho de 1922’, because that was the date on which the daring aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral completed their flight between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro.
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