Campo da Barca
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
square in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, municipality of Funchal, Madeira
Campo da Barca is a public square in Funchal, built under Governor Florencio José Correia de Melo, handed to the municipality in 1818 and named after the Conde da Barca. It was the site of the disinfection post, which was attacked in popular riots, and of the house where the Asilo da Infância operated from 1836. Part of the square was later renamed Praça de Tenerife.
1Mentioned in
- Santa Maria Maior (parish) — Square within the parish.
- Rubber tree — Site of the disinfection post.
- Arbour Day — Square where the trees were planted.
- Popular riots — Site of the disinfection post attacked before the lazaretto.
- Infant Asylum — Site of the state house to which the asylum moved in 1836.
- Gypsies — Where they camped in huts.
- Stream walls — Site beside the João Gomes walls.
- Tenerife visitors — Part of it was renamed Praça de Tenerife in reciprocation.
- Praça de São João — Square beside which the Praça de São João stood.
- Campo da Barca Disinfection Station — Site of the disinfection station in Funchal.
- Primary Schools — Site of the house where the Escola da Infância Desvalida operated.
- Water analyses — Funchal fountain whose drinking water was analysed.
- Canavial (Count of) — Square to which the monument was later moved.
- Fairs — Site of the Saturday cattle market.
- Flash floods — Limit of Rua Oudinot and of debris in 1856.
2Chronology
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An order granted a house in the Campo da Barca to the Asilo da Infância.
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The government ceded a house in Campo da Barca to the Sociedade das Escolas Infantis.
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The Funchal council ceded land on Campo da Barca to the Junta Geral for a disinfection station.
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The disinfection station at Campo da Barca was built.
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A further cession of the Campo da Barca disinfection station's land to the Junta Geral was made.
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Several Roma families landed in Funchal and settled at Campo da Barca for about two months.
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The first Arbour Day in Funchal was held, with tree planting at Campo da Barca.