Place parish Santo António da Serra Machico
Santo António da Serra
Santo António da Serra · Machico
parish of Santo António da Serra, divided between the municipalities of Machico and Santa Cruz
An upland parish on a plateau above Santa Cruz and Machico, divided between those two municipalities. The Elucidário covers its settlement, church and Protestant troubles, and the short-lived Aldeia da Rainha colony of Porto Santo settlers. It also records its quintas, its lagoon, Burnay's dairy factory and the exile of a bishop there.
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- Quintas — Location of the Seixeiro, Aloisio, Bianchi and Serrado das Ameixeiras quintas.
- Pilgrimage festivals — Feast on 13 June and a former rowdy harvest pilgrimage.
- Parishes — Parish divided between Machico and Santa Cruz.
- Santa Cruz (cove, harbour, quay and stream) — Parish where the Ribeira de Santa Cruz has its source.
- Plateaux — One of the four principal plateaux, with a lagoon.
- Administrative organisation — Parish divided between Machico and Santa Cruz.
- Câmara (Dom José Manuel da) — Parish to which the governor banished the bishop.
- Climate — White recorded temperature and humidity here in 1850.
- Levadas — Parish crossed by the Levada da Serra and irrigated by the Juncal levada.
- Dairy industry — Site of Burnay's dairy factory.
- Rodrigues de Vilares (Dom Luís) — Parish where the bishop stayed on a mitre property during his exile.
- Aldeia da Rainha — Parish in which the settlement was founded.
- Camacha (parish) — End of the levada path and neighbouring parish.
- Ribeira de Santa Cruz — Source of the Ribeira de Santa Cruz.
- Lauraceae — Vinhático is cultivated in its quintas.
- Ribeiro Frio — Easily reached from Lamaceiros.
- Legends — Subject of a religious legend.
- Terreiro da Luta — Destination of an unfinished road.
- Pilgrims’ houses — Site of a pilgrims' house built by English residents in 1808, now in ruins.
- Pear tree (Pyrus Marus subsp. hortensis) — Named as a high-altitude source of the best apples.
- Santo António da Serra (parish) — Subject of the entry.
- Crater — Site of the best-known Madeiran crater, at about 600 metres.