Place sítio/locality Santa Maria Maior Funchal
Choupana
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
sítio in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, municipality of Funchal, Madeira
Choupana is a locality in Santa Maria Maior parish, Funchal, south of Pico do Infante, where the Levada da Serra do Faial ends. It has the Quintas do Miradouro and da Choupana, where a fête was given during the royal visit, grows Acacia dealbata and eucalyptus, and was hit by a shell in the 1917 bombardment.
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- Levadas — End point of the Serra do Faial levada.
- Infante (peak) — Locality south of the peak, used as a reference point.
- Levadas — End point of the Levada da Serra's own aqueduct.
- Acacia — Locality where Acacia dealbata is frequent.
- Curral dos Romeiros — Destination of the road passing through Curral dos Romeiros.
- Tudesco (Adenocarpus complicatus) — Reference point for the Pasto locality.
- Quintas — Locality with the Quintas do Miradouro and da Choupana.
- Eucalyptus — Locality where Eucalyptus globulus is found.
- Mountain shelters — Locality near the Alpires hut.
- Camacha (parish) — Start of the levada footpath.
- Bombardment of Funchal — Hit by a shell in 1917.
- Visit of the King and Queen of Portugal — Quinta where a fête was given.
- Cherry laurel (Prunus Laurocerasus) — Where the plant is cultivated.