Paul do Mar
Paul do Mar · Calheta
parish in the municipality of Calheta, south-west coast of Madeira
Paul do Mar is a parish on Madeira's south-west coast, created in 1676 from Estreito da Calheta. It is a fishing port watered by the old Rabaçal levada, where malvasia is grown and trachoma was reported to be very frequent. It had the Santo António fortress, a band, and salt works from about 1865 that were later abandoned for lack of profit.
1Mentioned in
- Levadas — Leandro Pereira de Couto e Andrade was infantry captain there.
- Levadas — Parish watered by the old Rabaçal levada.
- Vineyards — Malvasia grown here.
- Carvalhal (2nd Count of) — Site of an entail held by the count.
- Great War — Birthplace of Corporal João de Andrade.
- Fishing ports — Fishing port listed in the statistics.
- Trachoma — Trachoma was reported to be very frequent among its inhabitants.
- Fortifications — Site of Santo António fortress.
- Music — Has a band.
- Costa do Sul (southern coast) — Shoals and rocks lie close to its shore.
- Salt pans — Site of salt works from about 1865, abandoned for lack of profit.
- Carvalhal (1st Count of) — Site of one of his entailed estates.
- Calheta (town and municipality) — Parish of the concelho.
- Flash floods — Devastated in 1856.
- Levadas — Irrigated by the Levada Velha do Rabaçal.
- Fajã da Ovelha (parish) — Parish included in the medical district based at Fajã da Ovelha.
- Industries — Site of a tuna cannery founded in 1912.
- Paul do Mar — Subject of the entry.
- Nunes (Father Manuel) — Birthplace of Manuel Nunes.
- Fiscal Organisation — Fiscal Guard post.
- Galinhas (stream) — Parish on whose coast the stream ends.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Madeira (hydrographic features: bays, coves, landing places and beaches) — Listed as a poor port and a beach.
- Fishing industry — Major fishing port with a tuna cannery from 1912.
- Couto (family) — Where Couto Cardoso held sesmaria land.
- Fishing — Tuna-fishing parish where fifty houses were built for poor fishermen.
- Waterfalls — Site of a waterfall.
- Jardim do Mar (parish) — Neighbouring parish to which Jardim originally belonged.
- Porto da Cruz (fort) — Site of the Fort of Santo António.
- Aviation — The seaplane flew as far as this area on 28 March 1921.
- Prazeres (parish) — The parish on which the Prazeres curacy depended from 1733.
- Arco de São Jorge (parish) — Partly formed by landslide.
2Chronology
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Gaspar Frutuoso described the south-west coast localities, including Paul do Mar.
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A charter created the curacy of Prazeres, separating it from Estreito da Calheta and making it dependent on Paul do Mar.
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The Fort of Santo António at Paul do Mar was built.
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Padre Manuel Nunes was born at Paul do Mar.
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António de Sousa built salt works at Paul do Mar.
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The Paul do Mar salt works passed to Filipe António Gonçalves.
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A tuna cannery was founded at Paul do Mar.