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Initially, in 1990, the proposed motto was a fragment from Os Lusíadas, allusive to Madeira, “Of which we populated the first”. However, at the beginning of the following year, at a Government meeting, the chosen verse was “Of all islands, the most beautiful and free".
2019 - Madeira – 600 years discoverying revelry: Wednesday February 26 to Sunday March 10 [10] 2020 - Carnival in Fantasy ( Portuguese : Carnaval em Fantasia ): Wednesday February 19 to Sunday March 1 [ 11 ]
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Madeira is a year-round resort, particularly for Portuguese, but also British (148,000 visits in 2021), and Germans (113,000). [14] It is by far the most populous and densely populated Portuguese island. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, flora, and fauna, with its pre-historic laurel forest, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The decoration, along with the similar Sash of the Two Orders, was officially founded in 1789 by Queen Maria I. [5] However, its origins can be traced further back to 1551, when Pope Julius III, under great diplomatic pressure, issued the Praeclara Clarissimi Papal Bull of 30 November, surrendering his position as Grand Master of the three Catholic knightly orders (the Order of Our Lord Jesus ...
March 2020 was the third month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Sunday , ended on a Tuesday after 31 days. The global COVID-19 outbreak was declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization on March 11, 2020.
Pliny mentions certain Purple Islands, the position of which with reference to the Fortunate Islands or Canaries might seem to indicate Madeira islands. Plutarch (Sertorius, 75 AD) referring to the military commander Quintus Sertorius (d. 72 BC), relates that after his return to Cádiz, "he met seamen recently arrived from Atlantic islands, two in number, divided from one another only by a ...