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Elucidário Madeirense

Place church/chapel Santo António Funchal

Chapel of St Philip

Capela de São Filipe (Quinta do Leme)

Santo António · Funchal

Approximate location, from a feature named after it

Chapel of the Quinta do Leme rebuilt after the 1748 earthquake.

Map: Madeira (1)

Map: Madeira (1)

1Mentioned in

Leme — Chapel of the Quinta do Leme rebuilt after the 1748 earthquake.

2Chronology

1748
On the night of 31 March to 1 April 1748 a violent earthquake struck Madeira, causing few deaths but heavy damage to buildings, including the cathedral, the bishops' palace, the customs house, the Monte church, the Mosteiro Novo house and numerous chapels and parish churches.