Lombada dos Esmeraldos
Ponta do Sol
parish and municipality of Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Great sugar estate in Ponta do Sol parish, also called the Lombada da Ponta do Sol, acquired by João Esmeraldo from Rui Gonçalves da Câmara (dated 1473 or 1498 in different entries) and later named after his family. Esmeraldo founded an entail there in 1512, and the estate was later divided into two entailed estates, Espírito Santo and Vale da Bica, after lawsuits over its division. It has the Espírito Santo chapel, a ruined Santo Amaro chapel and a ruined manor house, and was transferred from Funchal to Ponta do Sol municipality in 1835.
1Mentioned in
- Ponta do Sol (town and municipality) — Esmeraldo's estate, transferred from Funchal to Ponta do Sol municipality in 1835.
- Amendoeira (peak) — Locality where the peak is situated.
- Lugar de Baixo — Large estate above Lugar de Baixo whose land collapsed in 1804 and of which it was part.
- St Maurus (chapels) — Site of a ruined Santo Amaro chapel attributed to João Esmeraldo.
- Ponta do Sol (parish) — Seat of the Espírito Santo and Vale da Bica entailed estate.
- Carvalhal (1st Count of) — Site of the Santo Espírito entailed estate he administered.
- Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Area of the Vale da Bica entail containing the Jangão chapel.
- Holy Spirit (chapel) — Locality where the chapel stands.
- Entailed foundations — Entail founded in 1512 by João Esmeraldo.
- Esmeraldo (João) — Great sugar estate acquired by Esmeraldo in 1498, later named after his family.
2Chronology
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João Esmeraldo acquired the Lombada da Ponta do Sol from Rui Gonçalves da Câmara.
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D. João Lobo, Bishop of Tangier, consecrated the chapel of Espírito Santo at the Lombada dos Esmeraldos, Ponta do Sol, the first consecrated church in Madeira.
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João Esmeraldo divided his Santo Espírito entail into the entails of Santo Espírito and Vale da Bica.
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Bishop D. Manuel Agostinho Barreto blessed the repaired Santo Espírito chapel.