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Elucidário Madeirense

Person military_officer engineer

Francisco António Raposo

military_officer · engineer

Brigadier sent to Madeira by royal letter of 1824 to study a mole near the São Tiago fortress, a project largely abandoned.

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Pontinha mole (breakwater) — Brigadier sent to Madeira by royal letter of 1824 to study a mole near the São Tiago fortress, a project largely abandoned.

2Chronology

1824
By royal letter of 13 September 1824, Brigadier Francisco António Raposo was sent to study a mole in Funchal; with Major Sant'Ana he chose the Baixas de São Tiago, and the letter was read to the council on 26 November, but although 37 contos were spent on materials the works never began.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (4)

Map: Madeira (4)