Ponta do Pargo
Ponta do Pargo · Calheta
parish in the municipality of Calheta, Madeira
Ponta do Pargo is a parish at Madeira's western extremity, transferred from Porto do Moniz to Calheta municipality in 1871, where a lighthouse long demanded was first lit in 1922. It is watered by the old Rabaçal levada, grows Sercial vines, gives its name to a white cattle sub-breed, and was the birthplace of Manuel da Costa Dias and João Pestana Júnior.
1Mentioned in
- Levadas — Parish watered by the old Rabaçal levada.
- Vineyards — Sercial grown here.
- Livestock — Gives its name to the white cattle sub-breed.
- Margaça — A locality where Anthemis mixta is found.
- Amparo — Parish containing the locality.
- Ponta do Pargo lighthouse — Western extremity of the south coast where the lighthouse stands.
- Porto Moniz (municipality) — Parish originally in the municipality, transferred to Calheta in 1871.
- Moinhos (stream) — Parish where the stream lies.
- Administrative organisation — Parish annexed definitively to Calheta in 1871.
- Alcaide (brook) — Parish in which the stream lies.
- Costa Dias (Manuel da) — His birthplace.
- Pestana Júnior (João) — His birthplace.
- Calheta (town and municipality) — Parish annexed to Calheta in 1871.
- Cholera morbus in 1856 and 1910 — First place outside Funchal to be struck in 1856, with 328 deaths.
- Ponta do Pargo (lighthouse) — Headland on which the lighthouse stands.
- Ponta do Pargo (point) — Westernmost point of Madeira, described here.
- Telegraph and post offices — Telegraph-post and semaphore station.
- Levadas — Parish that received a new branch between 1938 and 1940.
- Levadas — Irrigated by the Levada Velha do Rabaçal and included in first-phase works.
- Diseases — One of the parishes with the highest incidence of elephantiasis.
- Pampilho — One of the only two places where C. dissectum grows.
- Fajã da Ovelha (parish) — Parish separated from Fajã da Ovelha; it is also part of the same medical district.
- Soundings — Off it lies a shoal about a mile and a half long.
- Cherry tree (Prunus Avium var. Juliana) — Area where cherries are grown.
- Gouveia (Canon António Homem de) — Birthplace of the canon.
- Our Lady of Protection (chapels) — Parish with an Amparo chapel that named its locality and hosts a popular feast.
- Wheat — One of the parishes where wheat growing is most important.
- Telegraphs — Earlier site of a telegraph.
- Ponta do Pargo (parish) — Subject of the entry.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Isabel (Princess) — Destination of one of her sea trips.
- Headlands — Headland in Calheta.
- Meteorological stations — Rain-gauge post.
- Cabo — Parish containing the Cabo.
- Our Lady of the Good Death (chapel) — Parish of the 1666 chapel.
- Achadas da Cruz (parish) — Neighbouring parish to the south, to which the inhabitants originally belonged.
- Madeira archipelago — Western extreme of the archipelago.
- Madeira (relief: slopes, plateaux and valleys) — South-western extremity of the range's branch.
- Costa do Sul (southern coast) — Western limit of the south coast.
- Costa do Norte — Starting point of the quoted description, with a dangerous shoal off it.
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2Chronology
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Royal charters of 1 March 1577 raised the stipends of the priests of several Madeiran parishes, including Tábua, Monte (then 58 households), Ponta do Pargo (20$000 réis) and Porto do Moniz, the last being the first document to use that name.
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Custódio Nunes da Costa built the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte at the Cabo, Ponta do Pargo.
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A decree abolished the municipality of Porto Moniz, whose parishes passed to Calheta; it was restored a few years later.
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The municipality of Porto Moniz was restored, and the parish of Ponta do Pargo, among others, rejoined it.
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António Homem de Gouveia was born at Ponta do Pargo.
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A law definitively transferred the parish of Ponta do Pargo from the municipality of Porto Moniz to Calheta.
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Manuel da Costa Dias was born in Ponta do Pargo.
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The Ponta do Pargo lighthouse buildings were complete but awaited a lantern delayed by the European war.
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The Ponta do Pargo lighthouse began lighting Madeira's west coast.
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The Junta Geral built many kilometres of new levada channels, including a branch to Ponta do Pargo.