Place parish São Roque do Faial Santana
São Roque do Faial
São Roque do Faial · Santana
parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira
Parish on Madeira's north coast, one of the original parishes of the municipality of Santana, separated from Faial in 1848 and named after a sixteenth-century chapel of São Roque. The Elucidário covers the chapel's founding, the new church of 1927, its first parish priests, its main localities, its school and its population.
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- Santana (municipality) — Original parish of the municipality.
- Faial (parish) — Parish to the south, separated from Faial in 1848.
- Camacha (parish) — Northern neighbouring parish.