Ribeira de Santa Luzia
Monte · Funchal
stream crossing the city of Funchal
The Ribeira de Santa Luzia is one of the three streams crossing Funchal, named after a chapel of Santa Luzia on its left bank. Its banks were probably the first land irrigated by levadas and had four sugar mills in the late 17th century. It feeds the Santa Luzia, Moinhos and D. Isabel levadas, and the Jesuits' Fundoa residence stood on its right bank.
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- Levadas — Stream whose springs feed the levadas defended by the Liga das Levadas.
- Levadas — Its banks were probably the first land irrigated by levadas.
- Levadas — Stream that feeds the Santa Luzia, Moinhos and D. Isabel levadas.
- Water supply of the city — Stream where a siphon was to be built.
- Terra (Ventura) — Terra proposed an avenue over it.
- Ribeira de Santa Luzia — The stream described in the entry, crossing the city of Funchal.
- Municipal Slaughterhouse — Slaughterhouse moved near it in 1825.
- Direita (street) — The street once ran along its left bank.
- Piorno — Site where G. virgata is frequent.
- Fundoa — Stream beside the chapel.
- Príncipe (street) — Stream along whose bank the street runs.
- Jesuits — Stream on whose right bank the Fundoa residence stood.
- Anes (Gonçalo) — The chapel stood on its left bank.
- Santa Luzia (parish) — Stream on whose left bank the original chapel stood.
- Ponte Nova (street) — Stream from whose left bank the street starts and which the Ponte Nova crosses.
- Old Funchal — Stream probably crossed by a wooden bridge in 1508.
- Acciaioly (Zenobio) — Stream along which Rua Direita ran.
- São Filipe (fort) — One of the two streams between which the fort stood.
- Campo do Duque — Said to bound the field on one side.
- Stream walls — Walls built 1806 and 1847–48 near the fish market.
- Funchal – I. Origin of the name — Eastern limit of the early town.
- São Pedro (parish) — Eastern boundary of the parish.
- Netos (street) — Stream crossed by the Ponte Nova at the street's end.
- Levada de Santa Luzia (road) — Stream near which the road begins.
- Retreat House of the Good Jesus — The recolhimento's grounds reached its left bank, hence the name Bom Jesus da Ribeira.
- St Bartholomew (church) — Stream along whose left bank Rua Direita ran.
- São Filipe da Praça (fort) — The fort stood near its mouth.
- Waterfalls — Stream whose largest fall is at Poço do Cabo da Ribeira.
- Mills — Stream on whose right bank the donataries' watermills stood.
- Barreiro (Montado do) — Receives 2,728 litres per minute from the montado.
- Monteiro (street) — The street lies on its left bank.
- Vapor — Stream whose two banks supported the building.
- Horsetails (Equisetaceae) — Stream where the horsetail grows.
- Our Lady of the Rosary (chapels) — The Fundoa chapel stands on its right bank.
- Water analyses — Source of drinking water analysed in 1900.
- Autonomous Board for the Funchal Harbour Works — A small dock was planned near its mouth.
- Praça do Peixe (fish market) — Stream near the fish market, bridged in 1836 and again in 1890.
- Ferreira (Gonçalo Aires) — Boundary of Gonçalo Aires's land grant.
- St John the Evangelist (college and church) — Rua Direita ran along its left bank.
- Flash floods — One of Funchal's three streams that overflowed.
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2Chronology
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Four sugar mills stood on the banks of the Ribeira de Santa Luzia.
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Brigadier Reinaldo Oudinot arrived in Funchal in February 1804 and channelled and walled the town's three streams; floods in December 1804 proved the walls, and in 1806 houses by the João Gomes and Santa Luzia streams were demolished for the works.
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A report noted that protective works were still lacking on Funchal's streams.
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The Funchal slaughterhouse was moved near the Santa Luzia stream.
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The Câmara ordered the first bridge over the Ribeira de Santa Luzia near the fish market.
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The wooden building known as the Vapor was built over the Santa Luzia stream.
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The Santa Luzia stream was recorded as flowing 185 litres per second.
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The present bridge over the Ribeira de Santa Luzia in Funchal was built.