Rua do Mosteiro Novo
Sé · Funchal
street in the city of Funchal
Approximate location, from a feature named after it
Rua do Mosteiro Novo is a street in Funchal where a house originally intended as a convent was repeatedly used by the seminary, which moved there in 1801. The Asilo de Mendicidade do Funchal was first set up in a warehouse facing this street.
1Mentioned in
- Bishop’s palace — Street to which the seminary moved.
- New Convent — The street where the old house stands.
- Seminary — Street of the house intended as a convent, repeatedly used by the seminary.
- Barreto (Dom Manuel Agostinho) — Street where the old seminary building stood.
- Funchal Poorhouse — Street facing the warehouse where the asylum was first set up.
- St John the Evangelist (college and church) — The seminary moved to a building here in 1801.
2Chronology
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On the night of 31 March to 1 April 1748 a violent earthquake struck Madeira, causing few deaths but heavy damage to buildings, including the cathedral, the bishops' palace, the customs house, the Monte church, the Mosteiro Novo house and numerous chapels and parish churches.
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A British squadron arrived at Funchal, beginning the first British occupation of Madeira; troops under Clinton were quartered in the Jesuit college, the Penha de França fort and the theatre, forcing the seminary back to the Mosteiro Novo.