The coastal settlement of Cachorro is located on the coast of the parish of Bandeiras, in the municipality of Madalena. It is part of the Landscape of the Pico Vineyard Culture, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. This nucleus had access from Caminho do Poço and is connected through Caminho da Costa to the nuclei of Lajido and Cais do Mourato. Its original organization was dominated by some manorial-type houses and its production complexes consisted of stills and warehouses next to a port and a rola-pipas, surrounded by vast vineyards and fig trees. In this settlement, there is a tidal well that ensured the supply of water primarily for the operation of the stills. Its chapel (17th century) – dedicated to Nossa Senhora dos Milagres – is located in the centre of the settlement. Every year on February 2nd, a pilgrimage takes place from the Church of Santa Luzia passing through Lajido and ending in this nucleus, evoking the volcanic eruption of 1718. In the post-phylloxera period, small traditional cellars, mostly with one floor, proliferated on the periphery of the central settlement and now serve mostly as seasonal housing.
