Lomba da Maia, Ribeira Grande — 20.5 km² above Maia, the Rosary church of 1867 and the path down to Praia da Viola

Settled from Maia in the early 16th century, Lomba da Maia has the church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, from 1867, and the trail that goes down to Praia da Viola and the ruins of its watermills. On the year it became a parish, the sources do not agree — and here we explain why.