Jangão
Ponta do Sol
sítio in the parish and municipality of Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Jangão is one of the principal inhabited localities of Ponta do Sol parish, Madeira, and the former seat of the Vale da Bica entail founded by João Esmeraldo in 1522. It has the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, restored in 1777 and 1879, which the text queries as possibly the chapel named in a 1607 procession order.
1Mentioned in
- Ponta do Sol (parish) — One of the parish's principal localities.
- Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Site of the chapel restored in 1777 and 1879.
- Processions of Candlemas, the Litanies and the Way of the Cross in Ponta do Sol — Possible site of the Nossa Senhora da Piedade chapel named in the 1607 order, queried in the text.
2Chronology
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The chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade at Jangão, Ponta do Sol, was restored and enlarged by Francisco de Ornelas de Vasconcelos, and authorisation to rebless it was given on 3 August 1777.
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The Jangão chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade at Ponta do Sol was restored by Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos and reblessed by the archbishop of Goa on 12 October 1879.