Place river/stream São Gonçalo Funchal
Ribeira de Gonçalo Aires
São Gonçalo · Funchal
Parish of São Gonçalo, municipality of Funchal, Madeira
The Ribeira de Gonçalo Aires is a stream in São Gonçalo parish, named, according to Gaspar Frutuoso, after the explorer Gonçalo Aires, who came down it during the first exploration of Madeira. The lazaretto stands at its mouth, which was a vertex of Funchal's 1909 city limits.
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- Gonçalo Aires (stream) — The stream that is the subject of the entry.
- Lazaretto — Stream at whose mouth the lazaretto buildings stood.
- Funchal – I. Origin of the name — Its mouth was a vertex of the 1909 limit.
- City limits — Its mouth was the sixth vertex of 1909.
- Ferreira (Gonçalo Aires) — Stream named after Gonçalo Aires's first landing party.