Place plateau/serra Faial Santana
Serra do Faial
Faial · Santana
uplands of the parish of Faial, Madeira
Exact site unknown; shown at the parish
The Serra do Faial is the upland of Faial parish, the site of a state-owned levada and of the locality Passada da Novilha. It is named in the poem Origem da Ilha da Madeira as the place of the poet's inspiration, and João Tierno claimed observations from a shelter house there.
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- Origin of the Island of Madeira — Upland named in the poem's opening argument as where the poet saw what inspired him.
- Passada da Novilha — Upland in which the locality lies.
- Levadas — Site of a state-owned levada.
- Tierno (João) — Site of a shelter house where Tierno claimed observations.