Lugar de Baixo
Ponta do Sol
sítio in the parish and municipality of Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Lugar de Baixo is a coastal fajã between Ponta do Sol and Tábua in the parish of Ponta do Sol, Madeira. It was greatly enlarged by a landslide from the Lombada in 1804 (the flood that enlarged it is also dated 1803). It has the Carvalhal house chapel, rebuilt in 1906, and a meteorological station set up in 1941, and Prince Luís landed and embarked there when the sea was too rough at the town quay.
1Mentioned in
- Geology — A growing fajã much enlarged by the 1803 flood.
- Lugar de Baixo — Subject of the entry, a fajã between Ponta do Sol and Tábua.
- St Anthony (chapels) — Site of the Carvalhal house chapel, rebuilt and blessed in 1906.
- Ponta do Sol (parish) — Place where Prince Luís landed and embarked because the sea was too rough at the town quay.
- Quebradas — Example of a more recently formed landslide fajã.
- Tábua (parish) — Where Cyperus laevigatus grows, as at Tábua.
- Meteorological stations — Station set up in June 1941.
- Madeira (hydrographic features: bays, coves, landing places and beaches) — Listed as a cove, a poor port and a beach.
- Fajãs — Greatly enlarged by the 1804 landslide from the Lombada.
- Fajã — Example of a coastal fajã.
- Arco de São Jorge (parish) — Formed by landslide.
2Chronology
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The great flood of 9 October 1803, considered Madeira's greatest calamity, devastated Funchal and other parts of the island, killing about 600 people and destroying the Calhau church, stream walls, bridges and chapels in Machico, Santa Cruz and elsewhere. It prompted Oudinot's mission and the city's spread outwards.
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A great landslide from the Lombada enlarged Lugar de Baixo and drove the sea into Ponta do Sol.
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Bishop Manuel Agostinho Barreto blessed the rebuilt chapel of Santo António at Lugar de Baixo.
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Weather stations were set up at Encumeada, Lugar de Baixo and the Monte Sanatorium.