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Capela dos Reis Magos (Estreito da Calheta)

🏘️ Calheta · Estreito da Calheta · Lombo dos Reis

Founded in 1529 by Francisco Homem de Gouveia and his wife Isabel Afonso, beside a large estate that then served as the seat of a morgadio. It is a small, popular building of the kind raised all over the island during the first century of settlement. It is classified a Monument of Public Interest. It stands at Estreito da Calheta, a parish whose name comes from its closeness to Calheta and from the narrow shape of its valley.

  • Calheta
  • Estreito da Calheta
  • 1529
GPS
32.73479, -17.18333
🧭 Getting there
The place stands in the locality of Lombo dos Reis, parish of Estreito da Calheta (Calheta).
🅿️ Parking
The nearest car park is Reis, 241 m away.
Services within 1.5 km8

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