The name: documented in 1088 as ‘uilla de Sancto Ioanne que dicent Mateira’; ‘Madeira’ would allude to the abundance of trees. 1802: first hat factory. 1908: the Vouga line arrives, inaugurated by King Manuel II. 1914: Ant\u00f3nio Jos\u00e9 de Oliveira J\u00fanior founds the Empresa Industrial de Chapelaria, then the largest factory on the peninsula. 1922 town status and 11 October 1926 a municipality in its own right, split off from Oliveira de Azem\u00e9is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only museum on the peninsula devoted to the hat, opened on 22 June 2005 in the former factory of 1914.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A footwear museum next to the hat museum; the city presents itself as the footwear capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A circular square, the centre of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira had 22,144 inhabitants over 7.94 km\u00b2 in the 2021 census; the municipality coincides with the city and its single freguesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Francesinha, a sandwich very popular in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira is the end of the Albergaria-a-Velha \u2013 S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira<\/a> stage and the start of S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira \u2013 Grij\u00f3<\/a>. The stage ends in the circular square in the centre. The Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia offers a 9-bed hostel, which can be extended with mattresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This guide lists 1 place to stay for pilgrims in S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the end of the Albergaria-a-Velha \u2013 S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira stage (28.8 km \/ 17.9 miles) and the start of the S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira \u2013 Grij\u00f3 stage (19 km \/ 11.8 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History of S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira The name: documented in 1088 as ‘uilla de Sancto Ioanne que dicent Mateira’; ‘Madeira’ would allude to the abundance of trees. 1802: first hat factory. 1908: the Vouga line arrives, inaugurated by King Manuel II. 1914: Ant\u00f3nio Jos\u00e9 de Oliveira J\u00fanior founds the Empresa Industrial de Chapelaria, then the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489,"parent":793,"menu_order":249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-962","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How many albergues are there in S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Which stage of the Portuguese Camino is S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira on?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n