Place sítio/locality São Roque Funchal
Água de Mel
São Roque · Funchal
sítio in the municipality of Funchal
An area in Funchal shared by two parishes, seat of an entail founded by Maria de Bettencourt and later held by the Counts of Carvalhal. The governor was ambushed there in 1668, near the Bettencourt manor.
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- Bettencourt — Site of the entail founded by Maria de Bettencourt.
- Carvalhal (2nd Count of) — Site of an entail held by the count.
- Our Lady of Protection (chapels) — Area shared by two parishes, seat of the Água de Mel entail.
- Popular riots — Where the governor was ambushed in 1668, by the Bettencourt manor.
- Câmara (Rui Gonçalves da) — Seat of the entail founded by Maria de Bettencourt.
- Carvalhal (1st Count of) — Site of one of his entailed estates.
- Água de Mel (stream) — Locality crossed by the stream and sharing its name.
- Entailed foundations — Site of a 15th-century entail joined to the Carvalhal house.