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Convent of St Francis in Calheta

Convent of St Francis in Calheta

Convento de São Francisco da Calheta

Calheta

parish of Calheta, municipality of Calheta, Madeira

Approximate location, from a feature named after it

Main article Convent of St Francis in Calheta The small Franciscan friary at Calheta, built from alms around 1670 on land bought by Pedro Bettencourt de Athouguia, and later sold by the state into private hands. It was the most modest convent in Madeira, with few friars and a small church.

Small Franciscan friary at Calheta, built from alms around 1670 on land bought by Pedro Bettencourt de Athouguia. It was the most modest convent in Madeira and housed the collegiate chapter from 1811 to 1815. Now extinct, it was later sold by the state into private hands; the chapel of Santa Apolónia belonged to it.

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2Chronology

  1. The collegiate chapter of Calheta sat in the church of the Franciscan convent.

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