Typical Madieran Stone Property

Funchal, Madeira

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April 1st 2008
What a day! We had been promised that we would arrive earlier than scheduled - at 11.00 am rather than 2.00 pm - but this was not to be. We at first put this down to the rough seas we encountered between Cape Verde and Madeira, but the reality was that our switch of port in Cape Verde actually put us about 5 or 6 hours nearer Madeira. The actual reason was more prosaic; there was already a ship in ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Madeira » Funchal

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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