Faial
Faial · Santana
parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira
Faial is a north-coast parish of Santana municipality created in 1550, whose mountain springs feed the Levada da Serra. It contains Chícharos and the Diferença chapel, owns the eastern part of Pico Ruivo, and is noted for cheese-making and columnar basalt.
1Mentioned in
- Levadas — Parish whose mountain springs feed the Levada da Serra.
- Levadas — Irrigated by the São Jorge levada.
- Chicharos (locality) — Parish containing the locality of Chícharos.
- Basalts — Parish where columnar basalt can be seen.
- Industries — Cheese-making parish.
- São Jorge (parish) — Parish created in 1550, used for comparison with the date of São Jorge's creation.
- Fajã das Nogueiras — Parish in whose uplands the site lies.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- St Louis (chapels) — Parish containing the Diferença chapel.
- Ruivo (peak) — Parish owning the eastern part of the peak.
- São Roque do Faial (parish) — Parent parish from which São Roque do Faial was separated in 1848.
- Faial (parish) — The parish that is the subject of this entry.
- Machico (parish) — Former chaplaincy dependent on Machico.
- Fajãs — Parish containing fajãs.
- Cortado — Parish overlooked by the Cortado viewpoint.
- São Vicente (parish) — Reputedly among the first cultivated lands of the north.
- Porto da Cruz (parish) — Neighbouring parish, one of the first farmed on the north coast.
- Laje (stream) — Parish containing the stream.
- Lamaceiros — Parish visible from the site.
- Serra de Água (parish) — Parish containing a locality also called Serra de Água.
- Faial (islets) — Parish off whose coast the islets lie.
- Faial (stream) — Parish crossed by the stream, where it reaches the sea.
- Água de Pena (parish) — Probable birthplace of João Fernandes Vieira.
- Sardinha (Father Alfredo de Paula) — Parish where he served.
- Cacongo (Viscount of) — Parish where a quay bearing the viscount's name was built with his help.
- França (Alfredo de) — His birthplace.
- Vaz — Parish archive where he found Vieira's birth record.
- Diferença — Parish containing Diferença.
- Vieira (João Fernandes) — Parish where Vieira's baptismal certificate was found and his family lived.
- Pilgrimage festivals — Feast of Nossa Senhora do Faial on 8 September, the oldest recorded great pilgrimage.
- Santana (municipality) — Original parish of the municipality.
- Parish councils — Parish where rioters beat the priest and leading residents.
- Music — Has a band.
- Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (chapel) — Parish containing the rock-cut chapel.
- Penha de Águia — Parish on the other side of the rock.
- Funchal (judicial district) — Became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927.
- São Jorge quay — Parish of the Pedra da Pescaria quay.
- Fire of 1919 — Forests damaged.
- Catanho de Meneses (Dr João) — Birthplace of Catanho de Meneses.
- Câmara de Lobos (municipality) — One of the former lugares of Madeira.
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2Chronology
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João Fernandes Vieira was probably baptised in Faial parish.
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The endowment deed of the rock-cut chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França at Faial was signed.
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Manuel de Carvalho Valdavesso built the chapel of São Luís at Diferença, Faial, and its deed of endowment was executed.
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João Catanho de Meneses was born in Faial.
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Joana de Castelo Branco was born in Faial.
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Alfredo de França was born in Faial.
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A flood on 2 and 3 October damaged north-coast parishes of Madeira.
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The Faial bridge, about 130 metres long and the longest in Madeira, was built over the Ribeira do Faial.
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Correio da Madeira published the Faial baptismal record of João Fernandes Vieira.