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Landmark Attractions In Funchal

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Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 111,892, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal, and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries. Because of its high cultural and historical value, Funchal is one of Portugal's main tourist attractions. It is also popular as a destination for New Year's Eve, and it is the leading Portuguese port on cruise liner dockings.The name is from the Portuguese word funcho and the suffix -al, to denote a plantation of fennel.
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  • 2. Historic Center of Funchal Funchal
    Salvador, also known as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people , it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 4th-largest city proper in the country, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Founded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil, Salvador is one of the oldest colonial cities in the Americas. A sharp escarpment divides its Lower Town from its Upper Town by some 85 meters . The Elevador Lacerda, Brazil's first elevator, has connected the two since 1873. The Pelourinho district of the upper town, still home to many examples of Portuguese colonial architecture and historical monuments, was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. The city's cathedral is the see of...
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  • 6. Praia Formosa Beach Madeira Funchal
    The Praia Formosa is a beach on the Portuguese island of Madeira. It is also the fashionable district of Funchal and one of Europe's most visited summer locations. Famous residents vary from Christopher Columbus, Merche Romero to Cristiano Ronaldo. It is also home to one of Europe's biggest real estate commerce centre and it is known for its night clubs, cruise and beach resorts.
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  • 7. Forte Sao Jose Funchal
    The Fort of the Church São Mateus da Calheta , also referred to as the Forte da Igreja , are the coastal ruins of a 16th-century fort situated in the civil parishof São Mateus da Calheta, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the Portuguese island of Terceira, in the archipelago of the Azores. It was destroyed, along with the church, in 1893 during a cyclone; while the church was eventually reconstructed some years later , the fort was abandoned and left to ruin.
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  • 12. Forte de Sao Jose Funchal
    The Fort of the Church São Mateus da Calheta , also referred to as the Forte da Igreja , are the coastal ruins of a 16th-century fort situated in the civil parishof São Mateus da Calheta, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the Portuguese island of Terceira, in the archipelago of the Azores. It was destroyed, along with the church, in 1893 during a cyclone; while the church was eventually reconstructed some years later , the fort was abandoned and left to ruin.
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