History of calheta MADEIRA ISLAND

Two different conditions are related to the origin of the name Calheta: the first reports the existence of a small bay that had the current name, the second is due to the fact that the village was a place where taxes on sugar and wood were collected .
Founded in 1430, the parish of Calheta is one of the oldest parishes of the island of Madeira, and was among the first to be exploited by the early settlers.
This was precisely the area chosen by Joao Goncalves Zarco, discoverer of Madeira to make a large donation of land to his son John D. and Goncalves da Camara Beatriz Gonçalves.
Calheta became a village 72 years after its establishment on 1 July 1502, by a charter signed by King D. Manuel I. House of nobles and knights, the region perpetual their names on the local toponymy: Doctor's and Loin Fillet of Atouguia.

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