Place sítio/locality Ilha Santana
Ilha
Ilha · Santana
sítio in the parish of São Jorge, municipality of Santana
Ilha is an inhabited locality in São Jorge parish, encircled by a forking stream, and seat of an entail founded in 1559 on lands granted to Lopo Fernandes Pinto. It had a former Rosary chapel, gave Laureano da Câmara Falcão his nickname 'morgado da Ilha', and was served by a new levada branch built in 1938.
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- Levadas — Locality served by the new branch built in 1938.
- Maize (Zea mays) — Locality giving Laureano da Câmara Falcão his nickname, morgado da Ilha.
- São Jorge (parish) — Inland lands granted to Lopo Fernandes Pinto, from which two entailed estates were formed.
- Entailed foundations — Seat of the Ilha entail founded 1559.
- Ilha — Subject of the entry.
- Our Lady of the Rosary (chapels) — Site of a former Rosary chapel.