Nossa Senhora de Monte

Monte

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January 24th 2008
Our first agreed upon "must see" before we leave Madeira at the end of the week was Monte. It's a village just above Funchal that consists mostly of villas and doesn't really have a town, just a square. One of the ways to reach Monte is by cable car from Funchal's waterfront. It's a twelve-minute ride over Funchal and straight up the mountain. The ride is very quiet and you almost feel like ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more