Place sítio/locality Arco da Calheta Calheta
Florenças
Arco da Calheta · Calheta
sítio in the parish of Arco da Calheta, municipality of Calheta, Madeira
Florenças is a picturesque, populated sítio named after the Florença family and the site of their entailed estate. It has chapels of Nossa Senhora das Mercês and of the Magdalene, the latter founded in 1684, and Lombo das Mercês is incorporated into it.
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- St Mary Magdalene (chapels) — Site of a Magdalene chapel founded in 1684.
- Our Lady of Ransom (chapel) — Site of the chapel.
- Arco da Calheta (parish) — Entailed estate and picturesque locality.
- Florence — Locality named after the family, site of a morgadio.
- Lombo das Mercês — Populated sítio into which Lombo das Mercês is incorporated.