Place fort Sé Funchal
Fortress of Penha de França
Fortaleza da Penha de França
Sé · Funchal
Approximate location, from a feature named after it
Fort that quartered British troops in 1801.
1Mentioned in
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- Pontinha (locality, road, islets and mole) — Fort that quartered British troops in 1801.
2Chronology
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The Penha de França fort and chapel in Funchal were built or rebuilt.
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A British squadron arrived at Funchal, beginning the first British occupation of Madeira; troops under Clinton were quartered in the Jesuit college, the Penha de França fort and the theatre, forcing the seminary back to the Mosteiro Novo.