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Funchal (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, [ 1 ] making it the sixth largest city in Portugal.
The English traders settled in the Funchal as of the seventeenth century, consolidating the markets from North America, the West Indies and England itself. The Madeira wine became very popular in the markets and it is also said to have been used in a toast during the Declaration of Independence by the Founding Fathers of the United States .
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Achada do Teixeira (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈʃaðɐ ðu tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ]) is a mountain and a settlement of the freguesia (parish) of Santana, of the municipality of Santana, Ilha da Madeira. It has a natural attraction in basalt stone which is called the "standing man" ("homem em pé" in Portuguese).
Funchal Bay in 1885, Madeira, view from the east. Funchal Bay is a large bay opposite the main city of Funchal on the island of Madeira, located in the North Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Morocco in north Africa. [1] Funchal has its harbour within the bay. Belmond Reid's Palace is located on the headland at the western end of the bay ...
The headland's highest point is Pico do Furado. There is a path which takes about an hour to walk from the headland entrance. To the west is the New Port of Madeira. The headland's geology consists of pyroclastic rocks as well as basalt dykes (dikes) and some coasts being eroded. The group dates back to the Late Pleistocene, about 100,000 years ...
Its construction began on 1492 and finished in 1497 under the order of João Gonçalves da Câmara, Funchal's second donatary captain and son of João Gonçalves Zarco. [1] The convent ceased functioning with the dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal in the 19th century.
Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, GCC, GCIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈβɛɾtu ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒɐɾˈðĩ], born 4 February 1943) is a Portuguese politician who was the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, from 1978 to 2015.