St Andrew Avellino (chapel)
Original title: Santo André Avelino (Capela de)
A chapel dedicated to Saint Andrew Avellino at Carvalhal in the parish of Canhas, founded in 1776 by Captain Carlos Nunes de Freitas da Silva and his wife. It belonged to the entailed estate of Nuno de Freitas Lomelino.
In the locality (sítio) of Carvalhal (‘oak grove’), in the parish (freguesia) of Canhas, stands the chapel of Santo André Avelino, founded in 1776 by Captain Carlos Nunes de Freitas da Silva and his wife, Dona Ana Guiomar de Moura Acciaioly Lomelino. It belonged to the house of the entail (morgado) of Nuno de Freitas Lomelino. On one of its walls is this inscription, placed there a few years ago: ‘Oferecida por Jacintho Fernandes e concluida por José dos Reis e Povo’ (‘Offered by Jacintho Fernandes and completed by José dos Reis and the People’). The dressed stone (cantaria) of the doorway bears the date 1774.