Fortress of São Tiago
Fortaleza de São Tiago
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
fort in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, municipality of Funchal
A fortress on the Funchal waterfront at the eastern end of the landing shore, dated 1614 during Spanish rule and rebuilt in 1767; it later housed a mountain artillery battery. Prisoners were held there in 1823 and 1828, the Republican flag was raised there on 7 October, and it fired during the 1916 bombardment of Funchal.
1Mentioned in
- Santa Maria Maior (parish) — Fortress within the parish.
- Funchal (bay) — Eastern end of the accessible landing shore of the port.
- Castilian rule — Fortress built during Spanish rule.
- Cortina da Cidade (city walls) — The eastern end of the seaward wall.
- Vasconcelos e Sá (João Augusto de) — Where the artillery battery commanded by the poet's father was quartered.
- Magalhães (Dr José Alfredo Mendes de) — Fortress where the arrested sergeant was held in solitary confinement.
- Republic (proclamation of the) — Republican flag raised here on the morning of 7 October.
- Harbour of Funchal — Eastern end of the accessible landing coast.
- Alçada of 1828 — Fortress where 15 prisoners were held in September 1828.
- President of the Republic — Fired a 21-gun salute on the President's arrival.
- Bettencourt Pita (Nicolau Caetano) — Fortress where Pita was imprisoned in 1823.
- Bombardment of Funchal — Fort that fired 18 shots in 1916; shell fell before it in 1917.
- Pontinha (locality, road, islets and mole) — Base of the artillery company that detached men to the Ilhéu.
- Pontinha mole (breakwater) — Near the shoals where Raposo planned a mole and quay in 1824.
- National monuments — One of three Funchal forts (with São João Baptista and Ilhéu) classified as of public interest.
- City gates — An opening in the wall near it may survive from an old gate.
- Surprise — Fortress that fired a salute during the embarkation.
- Political deportees — One limit of the sea zone closed to boats while the prisoners were held.
- Espírito Santo (João Gomes do) — Fortress whose artillery battery he commanded.
- Fortress of São Tiago — Subject of the entry, on a rocky point east of the port.
2Chronology
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The Fortress of São Tiago in Funchal was built under Philippine rule, its original portal bearing the date 1614.
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Manuel Telo Catanho de Meneses was honorary captain of the Fortaleza de São Tiago.
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The Fortress of São Tiago in Funchal was rebuilt and enlarged under governor José Correia de Sá and armed with fifty cannon brought from London.