Place street/square Santa Maria Maior Funchal

Rua da Bela Vista

Santa Maria Maior · Funchal

street in Funchal, Madeira

Approximate location

Rua da Bela Vista is a Funchal street where the main Anglican church stands; Napoleon's coins were reputedly buried there. The Associação de Socorros Mútuos 4 de Setembro de 1862 was founded in Camacho's house in this street, and the poet Pimenta de Aguiar lived opposite it. It bounded the site of the old Pico gate, turned into a torrent in the 1842 flood and was hit by a shell in the 1917 bombardment.

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Pimenta de Aguiar (street) — The poet lived opposite this street.
4 September 1862 Mutual Aid Association — Street of Camacho's house where the society was founded.
The English — Site of the Anglican church.
Napoleon — Street of the Anglican church where Napoleon's coins were reputedly buried.
Bombardment of Funchal — Hit by a shell in 1917.
English churches — Street where the main Anglican church stands.
City gates — Bounded the site of the Pico gate.
Flash floods — Street turned into a torrent in 1842.

2Chronology

1810
The British Factory bought the land for the Anglican church in Rua da Bela Vista, Funchal.
1822
The Anglican church in Rua da Bela Vista, Funchal, was completed at a cost of 40,000 dollars.

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