Levada de Santa Luzia
Monte · Funchal
levada in the parish of Santa Luzia, Funchal, marking the parish's northern limit
Approximate location, from a feature named after it
The Levada de Santa Luzia is the oldest and most important private levada on Madeira, rising in the basin of the Santa Luzia stream and protected by a royal charter of 1515. In the 16th century it irrigated canefields; it crosses much of Santa Luzia parish, marking its northern limit, and is flanked by a road with views and quintas. Its commission disputed the Tornos springs with the Câmara, and a reservoir was built there in 1934.
1Mentioned in
- Levadas — One of the two most important private levadas.
- Our Lady of Consolation (chapels) — The chapel stands by the road alongside it.
- Levadas — State levada with a 1911 flow of 15.31 l/s, later a Liga member.
- Levadas — Oldest and most important private levada, protected by a royal charter of 1515.
- Levadas — Levada whose administrative commission disputed the Tornos springs with the Câmara.
- Water supply of the city — Levada whose commission disputed use of Tornos water; site of the 1934 reservoir.
- Ribeira de Santa Luzia — Principal levada rising in the stream's basin.
- Pedro José de Ornelas (avenue) — Point where the avenue ends.
- Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) — Road at whose end the private motor road to Monte starts.
- Santa Luzia (parish) — Water channel crossing much of the parish and marking its northern limit.
- Artistic heritage — Locates the Capela da Consolação.
- Sugar cane — 16th-century levada irrigating canefields.
- Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) — Levada beside which the Quinta da Palmeira stands.
- Page (Roberto) — Page built a wooden bridge over it.
- Monte Railway — End of the first section opened in 1893.
- St Anthony (chapels) — The Monte chapel stands near the road alongside this levada.
- Levada de Santa Luzia (road) — Levada flanking the road, already existing in 1515.
- Barreiro (Montado do) — Fed partly by springs of the montado.
- Flash floods — Scene of landslides in 1901.
2Chronology
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D. Manuel issued a charter at Almeirim forbidding changes to the Santa Luzia levada in Funchal, which already existed.
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The captain-general sent Lisbon a description of the Santa Luzia levada.
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The first section of the Monte Railway, from Pombal to the Levada de Santa Luzia, was inaugurated.
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A measurement gave a combined flow of 153 litres per second for the three Santa Luzia levadas.
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The Funchal Câmara reached an agreement with the Levada de Santa Luzia over the Tornos springs, gaining the right to 18 litres per second.