Place sítio/locality Santa Maria Maior Funchal
Cabo do Calhau
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
beside the Chapel of Corpo Santo, Funchal
Exact site unknown; shown at the parish
Cabo do Calhau was a former locality beside the Chapel of Corpo Santo in Funchal, which marked the city's eastern limit at the end of the sixteenth century. Butchers were ordered to slaughter cattle there in 1495, and the curtain wall ran along it to the Fortaleza de São Tiago.
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- Municipal Slaughterhouse — Where butchers were ordered to slaughter cattle in 1495.
- São Tiago (fortress) — Area along which the curtain wall ran up to the fortress.
- Cabo do Calhau — The subject of the entry, a former locality in Funchal.