Person settler founder civil servant
Pedro Álvares de Almada
settler · founder · civil servant
Native of Guimarães and the first of the Almada family to come to Madeira. He was a noble early settler and a leading officer of the Santa Cruz council, and he built the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça there in 1520.
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- Our Lady of Grace (chapels) — Built the chapel in Santa Cruz in 1520.
- Almada (family) — Native of Guimarães and first Almada to come to Madeira; a leading officer of the Santa Cruz council said to have founded the church of Nossa Senhora da Graça there.
- Santa Cruz (parish) — Noble early settler of Santa Cruz.
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