Forte São Tiago from Forte São José

The yellow ochre of the Forte São Tiago was clearly visible from the Forte São José at the port (taken using telephoto of course!)

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A trip down memory island

April 23rd 2012
Please have violins handy - this blog contains nostalgia! Once upon a time... well, in 1972 actually, my wife and I were married. We still are! We spent our honeymoon on Madeira, that Portuguese, mid-Atlantic island 520 kms (320 miles) from the African coast and 1000 kms (620 miles) from the continent of Europe. It was a pi ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Madeira » Funchal

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

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