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MonumentsSé Catedral do FunchalHeadquarters of a diocese that was once the largest in the world.The Church of Santa Maria was built by order of King Manuel I to replace the Church of Our Lady of Calhau, in the island’s first ever parish, as it was too small to house the growing (...)
Telephone: +351 291 228 155
E-mail: catedraldofunchal@gmail.com
Website: https://www.catedraldofunchal.com/
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora dos MilagresBuilt with donations from the population of São João da Madeira, the result of the wishes of a committee constituted for this purpose in 1930, the shrine was opened on 6 November 1938, in a ceremony presided over by the Bishop of Porto. It is (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São João EvangelistaBuilt in the 17th century, the Igreja de São João Evangelista is one of the finest examples of the fusion that took place between the Mannerist and baroque styles on the island of Madeira. The exuberant decoration of the church’s interior, begun in (...)
Telephone: + 351 291 233 534
E-mail: gabineteinfo@diocesedofunchal.pt; igrejadocolegio@sapo.pt
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MonumentsIgreja Matriz de São João da MadeiraBuilt in 1884, it is an impressive building for the sobriety of its architectural lines and the grandeur and sturdiness of the building. The church was designed by the great Master of Engineering, Professor António Araújo e Silva, of the Porto (...)
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MonumentsCapela de Santa Maria - São João da MadeiraA recently constructed chapel (1903), commonly known as the Casaldelo Chapel, it was built by António Ferreira Porto. Located within a railed-in enclosure, a small marble statue of the Virgin can be seen in a niche built into the front gable of the (...)
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MonumentsCapela de Santo António - São João da MadeiraThe Chapel of St. Anthony is the richest parochial monument of ethnographic and social significance, after the Mother Church. Inaugurated on 13 October 1935, the chapel was designed by the architect João Queiroz, whose design replaced the original (...)
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