Place sítio/locality Caniço Santa Cruz

Madre de Deus

Caniço · Santa Cruz

sítio in the parish of Caniço, municipality of Santa Cruz, Madeira

Main article Mother of God (chapels) Describes three Madeiran chapels dedicated to Our Lady Mother of God: a sixteenth-century Manueline chapel at Caniço, a chapel at Tabua rebuilt after a flood, and a chapel at Estreito de Câmara de Lobos built in 1705.

Madre de Deus is a locality at Caniço, Madeira, named after its sixteenth-century Manueline chapel of Our Lady Mother of God. It is recorded as the site near which Garcia Homem de Sousa built a tower, though the identity of that site is uncertain.

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Mother of God (chapels) — Locality at Caniço named after the chapel.
St Maurus (chapels) — Site near which Garcia Homem de Sousa built a tower; its identity is uncertain.

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Barreiros (stadium)
Caniço (parish)
Ribeira do Caniço
Moinhos
Reis Magos (cove and landing place)
Ponta da Atalaia
Atalaia (peak)
Oliveira (landing place and quay)

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