Place parish Jardim do Mar Calheta
Jardim do Mar
Jardim do Mar · Calheta
parish of Jardim do Mar, municipality of Calheta, Madeira
Jardim do Mar is a small parish on a coastal fajã on Madeira's south-west coast, in the municipality of Calheta, originally part of Paul do Mar parish; it grew from an eighteenth-century curacy into a parish in 1848. Its people built a Gothic-style church in 1906–1907, Malvasia is grown there, and divers in its waters catch slipper lobsters by hand.
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- Vineyards — Malvasia grown here.
- Quebradas — Example of a fajã formed by a landslide before the discovery.
- Carcinology — Waters where divers catch slipper lobsters by hand.
- Calheta (town and municipality) — Parish of the concelho.
- Madeira (hydrographic features: shoals and islets) — Coast near the Cesto shoal.
- Piedade — Parish containing the locality.
- Paul do Mar — Neighbouring locality, originally part of Paul do Mar parish.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Assomadouro — One end of the coastal view seen from Assomadouro.
- Couto (family) — Where he held land and founded a chapel.
- Jardim do Mar (parish) — The subject of the entry: a small parish on a coastal fajã.
- Calheta (landing place) — Nearby port, 2.1 miles away.
- Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Parish whose chapel served as parish church.
- Araújo — Where Gonçalo Alves de Araújo held sesmaria land.
- Fajã — Much of this parish is cited as a coastal fajã.
- Prazeres (parish) — A former curacy that also became autonomous; it can be seen from Assomadouro.
- Arco de São Jorge (parish) — Cited as similarly formed by landslide.