Place river/stream Campanário Ribeira Brava
Ribeira dos Melões
Campanário · Ribeira Brava
parish of Campanário, municipality of Ribeira Brava, Madeira
The Ribeira dos Melões is a stream in Campanário parish, probably named after melon plants that once grew there. Vasco Delgado de Barros held most of his sesmaria lands there and founded an entailed estate on them.
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- Barros — Area where Vasco Delgado held most of his sesmaria lands.
- Entailed foundations — Site of an entail.
- Campanário (parish) — The stream where Vasco Delgado founded his entailed estate.
- Barros (Vasco Delgado de) — Location of the lands of the entail.
- Melon (Cucumis Melo) — Stream probably named after former melon plants.