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2. Funchal - Wikipedia

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   Funchal is located inside a natural amphitheatre-shaped valley, with gentle slopes beginning at the coast which rise to 1200 metres and provide a natural shelter for early settlers In addition to the urbanized area, the municipality includes the Ilhas Selvagens (English: Savage Islands ), a nature reserve located 294 km (183 mi) south of the ...

3. Curral das Freiras - Wikipedia

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   Situated in a deep valley and encircled by steep mountain slopes, the parish of Curral das Freiras is located 29 kilometres from the municipal seat of Câmara de Lobos. Most of the buildings in the parish overlook the main valley, with the steep hillsides encircling the parish used for the cultivation of cherries and grapes used in the ...

4. Imaculado Coração de Maria - Wikipedia

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   Imaculado Coração de Maria (English: Immaculate Heart of Mary) is a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal in the archipelago of Madeira. Imaculado Coração de Maria, which is Portuguese for The Immaculate Heart of Mary, is a suburb of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 6,207, [1] in an area of 1.36 km 2. [2]

5. Ribeira Brava, Madeira - Wikipedia

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   The municipality's namesake, the Ribeira Brava ravine and river valley extends from the slopes of the west-central mountains of Madeira. Its waters provide the primary sources of drinking-water (a small reservoir collects surface run-off) to the area and electricity to the island of Madeira.

6. Monte (Funchal) - Wikipedia

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   The cog railway vista, looking down to the harbour of Funchal, showing the commercial ships in the harbour. The parish of Nossa Senhora do Monte was created in 1565, turning itself into a summer refuge for many wealthy families of Funchal.

7. Machico, Madeira - Wikipedia

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   Machico is located 17 km northeast of Funchal, northwest of the uninhabitable Savage Islands, 20 km southeast of Santana and west-southwest of Porto Santo in the extreme eastern portion of the island of Madeira. It is linked by road from Funchal (the regional capital), to the Santana and the villages of Ribeira Seca and Caniçal. To the ...