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Madeira Beach (/ m ə ˈ d ɛər ə / mə-DAIR-ə) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, bordered on the west by the Gulf of Mexico, and on the east by St. Petersburg. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,895. The entertainment district of John's Pass is located on the Intracoastal Waterway.
A private island with a summer cottage in Finnish Lakeland, Finland. A private island is a disconnected body of land wholly owned by a private citizen or corporation.Although this exclusivity gives the owner substantial control over the property, private islands remain under the jurisdiction of national and sometimes local governments.
Madeira did not really come to the attention of foreign surfers until articles in surfing magazines in the mid-1990s. Since 1996, top Portuguese surfers from the mainland compete in the Madeira regional edition of the "Billabong Challenge". [1] In 2001, the World Big Wave Championships were held in Madeira for the first time
The Gulf Beaches Public Library, located in Madeira Beach, Florida, is a nonprofit organization supported by the Towns of Redington Shores, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach, and the Cities of Madeira Beach and Treasure Island, Florida. It operates under the governance of a ten-member Board of Trustees, with each of the five municipalities ...
2018 - Madeira – 6 centuries of joy: Wednesday February 7 to Sunday February 18 [9] 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 generally has a mild/moderate subtropical climate with mediterranean summer droughts and winter rain. Many microclimates are found at different elevations. Madeira, uninhabited at the time, was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420.
The effect of the Portuguese participation in World War I was first felt in Madeira on 3 December 1916 when the German U-boat, U-38, captained by Max Valentiner went into Funchal harbour on Madeira and torpedoed and sank 3 ships, CS Dacia (1,856 tons), [23] SS Kanguroo (2,493 tons) [24] and Surprise (680 tons). [25]