Church · 1486/1493–1514
Funchal Cathedral (Sé)
Sé do Funchal
The future King Manuel I orders a church on the "Duke's Ground", a plot once used to test sugarcane; 1493 in other sources.
Stories
A cathedral on a sugar field 1486
The future King Manuel I orders a church on the "Duke's Ground", a plot once used to test sugarcane; 1493 in other sources.
Funchal becomes a city 1508
The walls are done, Funchal is made a city, and the Bishop of Tangier blesses the church.
Raised to cathedral 1514
On 12 June Pope Leo X makes it a cathedral.
Main altar consecrated 1517
The high altar is consecrated.
A cedar ceiling early 16th c.
The roof gets a Mudéjar-style ceiling of island cedar.