BY Thisismadeiraisland
?? Did you know that Cristo Rei of Garajau in Madeira (30th of October 1927) is older than the one from Almada in Lisboa (17th of May 1959) and the one in Rio de Janeiro(12th of October 1931)? Also the one in Almada was from the madeiran Francisco franco? ?? Você sabia que o Cristo […]
BY Thisismadeiraisland
The Chapel was made in 1599, on the top of a rock by the sea at Campanário, parish of Ribeira Brava. Recently at the begining of the XXI century, one Madeiran imigrant of this parish made the renovation of the chapel.
BY Thisismadeiraisland
The gardens at “Quinta do Palheiro” are famous not only for the variety of plants that grow there but for the beauty of their setting in the hills to the east of Funchal, the capital of Madeira. Madeira has long been called the “Garden Isle” and it seems that almost anything will grow in its […]
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The lighthouse of Ponta do Pargo is situated at the further west edge of the island of Madeira, in Calheta and exists since June 1922. This infrastructure has the particularity of having been built on top of a rock dubbed Ponta da Vigia. It is the highest lighthouse of Portugal because of its 14 meters […]