Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena (Porto Moniz)

One of the oldest churches in the north of the island, from the seventeenth century, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. The most important building campaign in its history took place in 1798: the present layout comes from it. Inside, the figure of the saint holds the bottles of perfume with which she anointed Christ's feet; she has been held miraculous since the seventeenth century. Old records report that on the feast day buckets were filled from an irrigation well in the belief that the water healed the sick. The image goes out in procession on 22 July.