Place church/chapel Funchal
Church of Our Lady of Calhau
Nossa Senhora do Calhau
Funchal
shore by the Ribeira de João Gomes, Funchal
Exact site unknown; shown at the municipality
One of Funchal's earliest churches, begun around 1438 on the shore by the Ribeira de João Gomes. It was repeatedly damaged by floods and finally destroyed by the great flood of 1803; its ruins were demolished in 1835 to make way for a fruit and vegetable market. The Elucidário also records it as the parish in which Vasconcelos was beneficed and as the place where Teive lived when the 1641 crowd fetched him; the Forte de São Pedro stood on the section of wall named after the church.
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- Popular riots — Where Teive lived when fetched by the 1641 crowd.
- Materials for Madeiran History — Parish where Vasconcelos was beneficed.
- São Pedro (fort) — The fort stood on the wall section named after it.