The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção in Sé, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal, which encompasses all of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The late fifteenth-century cathedral is one of the few structures that survives virtually intact since the early period of colonization of Madeira. The patron of the cathedral is Our […]
The beach of Porto Santo is a yellow sand beach on the island of Porto Santo, in Madeira. Its total length is nine kilometers. The beach is also known for therapeutic properties of its sands, scientifically proven fact, indicated for problems of rheumatic forums and ortopédico.1 The beach of Porto Santo is usually divided into […]
The island is characterized by two areas: the accidented northeast (mountainous, with rocky ledges and cliffs), and a coastal plain in the southwest (that includes a nine kilometre long white sand beach, giving the island an advantage over neighbouring Madeira). The mountainous northeast part of the island, consists of two geomorphological structures that includes: an area of peaks, […]
Portugal in World War II was neutral, but Salazar’s decision to stick with the oldest alliance in the world, cemented by the Treaty of Windsor (1386) between Portugal and England, which is still in force today, meant that the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance allowed Madeira to help the allies and in July 1940 around 2,000 Gibraltarian Evacuees were shipped to Madeira, this was due to […]
