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Santo Espírito

Santo Espírito

Ponta do Sol

Lombada dos Esmeraldos, parish and municipality of Ponta do Sol, Madeira

Approximate location, from a feature named after it

Main article Holy Spirit (chapel) The chapel of Santo Espírito (now called Nossa Senhora da Conceição) at the Lombada dos Esmeraldos, Ponta do Sol, was built by the Flemish settler João Esmeraldo in the early sixteenth century, consecrated in 1508 and seat of one of his entails. It is described as the largest and richest chapel in the diocese.

Santo Espírito is an entail comprising the western half of the Lombada dos Esmeraldos in Ponta do Sol. Its chapel (now Nossa Senhora da Conceição) was built by the Flemish settler João Esmeraldo in the early sixteenth century and consecrated in 1508. The chapel is described as the largest and richest in the diocese.

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  1. João Esmeraldo divided his Santo Espírito entail into the entails of Santo Espírito and Vale da Bica.

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