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Place church/chapel Arco da Calheta Calheta

Chapel of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt

Capela de Nossa Senhora do Desterro

Arco da Calheta · Calheta

Ledo e Vinhático, parish of Arco da Calheta, municipality of Calheta

Exact site unknown; shown at the parish

Main article Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt (chapel) Describes three chapels dedicated to Our Lady of Exile: one founded in the early 17th century by Canon Jorge Furtado de Sousa at the Desterro site, one in Arco da Calheta now in ruins, and one at Machico founded in 1661.

A former chapel of Our Lady of Exile at Ledo e Vinhático, Arco da Calheta, built in the 17th century. It is now in ruins.

Map: Madeira (1)

Map: Madeira (1)

1Mentioned in

Ledo e Vinhatico — Former chapel built in the 17th century.

2Chronology

1650
Rafael Esteves built the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Desterro at Ledo e Vinhático, Arco da Calheta.

3Nearby