Place building Santa Maria Maior Funchal
União Market
Mercado União
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
Parish of Santa Maria Maior, municipality of Funchal, Madeira
Approximate location, from a feature named after it
The Mercado União was a market in Funchal built in 1835 on the ruins of the church of Nossa Senhora do Calhau and demolished in 1911. It was once guarded by João de Azevedo. Its entry also describes the new municipal market later built at the Largo dos Lavradores.
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- Flash floods — Market built in 1835 on the ruined Calhau church site, later demolished.
- Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Market guarded by João de Azevedo.
- Our Lady of Calhau (church) — Market built on the church site in 1835, later demolished.