Ribeira Seca, Ribeira Grande — a parish since 12 December 1575, a fountain that survived the 1563 eruption and the Cavalhadas of 29 June

On the edge of the town of Ribeira Grande, Ribeira Seca was established as a parish in 1575. In the square by the church of São Pedro stands a Renaissance fountain that is one of the few remains of the settlement destroyed by the 1563 eruption, and it is from the courtyard of the Solar da Mafoma that the Cavalhadas de São Pedro set out every year on 29 June.