Arco de São Jorge
Arco de São Jorge · Santana
Parish in the municipality of Santana, north coast of Madeira
North-coast parish of the municipality of Santana, separated from São Jorge in 1676, over which the Pico do Arco de São Jorge (837 m) rises. It still had no cemetery in 1862 and became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927. It is linked to Boaventura by a path across the Entrosa escarpment, and its forests were damaged in the 1919 fire.
1Mentioned in
- Santana (municipality) — Original parish of the municipality.
- Arco de São Jorge (peak) — The parish over which the peak rises.
- Arco de São Jorge (landing place and beach) — The parish on whose coast the port and beach lie.
- Funchal (judicial district) — Became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927.
- Feiticeiro do Norte — Birthplace and place of death of the Feiticeiro do Norte.
- Fire of 1919 — Forests damaged.
- Judicial organisation — Limit of the eastern comarca of 1838.
- Cemeteries — Still had no cemetery in 1862.
- Entrosa — Parish reached by the escarpment and linked to Boaventura by the path across it.
- São Jorge (parish) — Parish separated from São Jorge in 1676.
- Teles da Silva (Dom Friar António) — Parish created during his episcopate.
- Boaventura (parish) — Neighbouring parish linked by road and a projected levada.
- Ponta Delgada (parish) — Neighbouring parish served by the port.
- Fajãs — Site of a slow landslide described in a 1689 letter.
- Charters — Attached to São Vicente.
- Ponta Delgada (point and landing places) — Neighbouring parish served by the Ponta Delgada harbour.
- Gomes (António Gil) — Parish where António Gil Gomes was born.
- Arco de São Jorge (parish) — Subject parish of the entry.
2Chronology
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Following the prince regent's resolution of October 1676, royal charters of D. Pedro II dated 28 December 1676 created several new parishes and curacies, including Paul do Mar, Prazeres, Santa Luzia, Camacha, Serra de Água, Arco de São Jorge, Achadas da Cruz, Estreito and Arco da Calheta; collegiate benefices at Câmara de Lobos were abolished to fund some of them.
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On Easter night a great landslide, about half a league long, at Arco de São Jorge carried land into the sea, forming the Quebrada.
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A royal charter raised the parish of São Vicente to the status of a town and municipality, attaching northern localities such as Porto Moniz, Ponta Delgada and Seixal to it and further reducing the municipality of Machico.
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António Gil Gomes was born in Arco de São Jorge.
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São Jorge and Arco de São Jorge still lacked cemeteries.
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Canon Feliciano João Teixeira advocated in parliament the construction of the Ribeira do Porco levada.