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  2. Transport in Madeira - Wikipedia

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    Transport in Madeira. The Madeira islands and Funchal have an extensive public transportation system. Travel between the two main islands is by plane or by ferries, the latter also allowing for the transportation of vehicles. Visiting the interior of the islands is now easy, due to major road developments, known as the Vias rápidas, on the ...

  3. Legislative Assembly of Madeira - Wikipedia

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    The new headquarters was installed in the Old Customs of Funchal building, classified as a National Monument. The building's restoration project, then vacant, was carried out by the architect Raul Chorão Ramalho. Leaning against the old Manueline staircase to the east of the building, is the Chapel of Santo António da Mouraria, founded in 1714.

  4. Cristiano Ronaldo - Wikipedia

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    Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo with Al Nassr in 2023 Personal information Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39) Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Position(s) Forward Team information Current team Al Nassr Number 7 Youth career 1992–1995 Andorinha 1995–1997 Nacional 1997–2002 Sporting CP Senior career ...

  5. Fort of São Tiago - Wikipedia

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    Originally built to protect the coast from piracy during the 16th-17th century during the reign of Philip I of Portugal. The Fort has been used for many purposes including housing British troops during the Peninsular War, the military police and the Funchal Lancers Squad at different times. It also sheltered victims of the 1803 floods that ...

  6. Belmond Reid's Palace - Wikipedia

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    Belmond Reid's Palace (a.k.a. Reid's Palace) is a historic hotel located to the west of Funchal Bay in Madeira, Portugal, in an imposing position looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. [1] [2] The hotel has sloping gardens. [3] The hotel's complex include more than 40,000 square meters of space designed as a subtropical botanical garden .

  7. Mercado dos Lavradores - Wikipedia

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    Mercado dos Lavradores. /  32.648639°N 16.903889°W  / 32.648639; -16.903889. The Mercado dos Lavradores (English: farmers' market) is a fruit, vegetable, flower and fish market in Funchal, Madeira. The building was designed by Edmundo Tavares and opened on 24 November 1940. The facade, main entrance and fish market contain traditional ...

  8. Carros de cesto do Monte - Wikipedia

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    Carros de cesto do Monte. Carros de cesto do Monte (from pt. basket carts from Monte ), known as Monte Toboggan – means of transportation from Monte in Funchal, the capital of Portuguese island Madeira. It consists of carts that are wicker baskets mounted on skids, sometimes compared to toboggan. They are pushed by men called Carreiros.

  9. Jewish cemetery, Funchal - Wikipedia

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    The cemetery was built in 1851, the last burial took place in 1976. [1] Jews from Morocco arrived in 1819 and set themselves up in the cloth and wine trades. The Abudarham family were involved in the Madeira wine industry from the early 1860s onwards. The Jewish community grew due to the Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during ...

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