Seixal
Seixal · Porto Moniz
parish of Seixal, municipality of Porto Moniz, north coast of Madeira
Parish on the north coast of Madeira, created in 1553 and part of the municipality of Porto Moniz; it was temporarily attached to São Vicente when Porto Moniz was suppressed. It has a quay and the Ponta do Buraco, and was damaged by the 1895 flood. The Elucidário records native plants growing there and names it as the birthplace of João de Azevedo.
1Mentioned in
- Buraco (point) — Parish where the headland lies.
- Buxo da Rocha — Locality where Catha dryandri grows.
- Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Birthplace of João de Azevedo.
- Marques (Dr Vasco Gonçalves) — Where he first practised as a doctor.
- Figueira do Inferno — Locality where Euphorbia mellifera grows.
- Ferral — Parish where Ferral is cultivated.
- Hera-terrestre (Sibthorpia peregrina) — Parish where the plant is called herva redonda.
- Porto Moniz (municipality) — Parish forming part of the municipality.
- Seixal quay — Place of the quay.
- Flash floods — Damaged in 1895; a landowner died there.
- São Vicente (town and municipality) — Parish temporarily attached to São Vicente when Porto Moniz was suppressed.
- Meadows — Marks one end of the coastal cliffs where marmulano grows.
- Ceroulas (islets) — The islets lie off this parish's coast.
- Ribeira da Janela (parish) — Parish that once held a smaller part of the land.
- Inferno (stream) — Parish separated from São Vicente by the stream.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Madeira (hydrographic features: bays, coves, landing places and beaches) — Listed as a poor port.
- Marmulano (Sideroxylon Marmulano) — Locality where the marmulano grows.
- Fanal — Fanal lies in its hills.
- Couve da Rocha — Other limit of the plant's range.
- Pereira (Father Joaquim Plácido) — Birthplace of the priest.
- Porto do Moniz (parish) — Parish once part of Ponta do Tristão.
- São Vicente (parish) — Western neighbour, added to the archpriest's jurisdiction in 1814.
- Waterfalls — Parish with the Água de Vento and João Delgado waterfalls.
- Lauraceae — Western limit of barbusano on the north coast.
- Laje (landing place) — Parish on whose coast the port lies.
- Seixal (parish) — The parish that is the subject of the entry.
- Serra de Água (parish) — Parish containing a locality also called Serra de Água.
- Charters — Attached to São Vicente.
2Chronology
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A royal charter raised the parish of São Vicente to the status of a town and municipality, attaching northern localities such as Porto Moniz, Ponta Delgada and Seixal to it and further reducing the municipality of Machico.
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Joaquim Plácido Pereira was born in Seixal.
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A flood on 2 and 3 October damaged north-coast parishes of Madeira.
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The Junta Geral built the Seixal quay.