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Lombo do Salão

A populated place in the parish of Calheta. With the invocation of Santo António dos Milagres, there is a small chapel there, which is now (1921) owned by Juvenal Raimundo de Vasconcelos. There also used to be the Chapel of Saints Cosme and Damião, founded in 1681 by the physician António de França Gomes. Still there, in a place known as Cadeado, is a chapel dedicated to São Francisco Xavier, built in 1693 by Manuel da Silva Pinheiro.

People mentioned in this article

Juvenal Raimundo de Vasconcelos
Owner of the chapel

Years mentioned in this article

1681
Foundation of the Chapel of Saints Cosme and Damião
1693
Construction of the chapel dedicated to São Francisco Xavier
1921
Year in which the chapel became the property of Juvenal Raimundo de Vasconcelos

Locations mentioned in this article

Calheta
Locality in the Madeira Island