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Minho
Portugal · Europe
province of mainland Portugal
Minho is a province of mainland Portugal that supplied many of Madeira's first settlers and was the probable origin of its first cattle. Santana's landscape and Madeiran colourful skirts are compared with those of Minho. It was the family origin of the Dantas and the province where the Maria da Fonte revolt broke out in 1846.
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- Santana (parish) — Portuguese province with which Santana is compared for its landscape.
- Dantas — Portuguese region of the family's origin.
- Tragedy in Madeira (A) — A mainland Portuguese region whose landscape and colourful skirts are compared with those of Madeira.
- Livestock — Probable origin of Madeira's first cattle.
- Governing Junta of Madeira in 1847 — Province where the 1846 Maria da Fonte revolt broke out.
- Ethnic influences — Mainland province supplying many of the first settlers.
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Settlement of Madeira began under the first donatary captains, with settlers from mainland Portugal, some first sheltering at the Ilhéus of Funchal.
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The Maria da Fonte popular revolt broke out in the Minho, sparking a revolutionary movement in Portugal; Justino António de Freitas joined its provisional government and António Alves da Silva interrupted his Coimbra studies.