Top 10 Madeira (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)
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Left Câmara Municipal Right House of the Consuls<br />
Historic Buildings<br />
! Alfândega, Funchal<br />
Designed in 1508 by Pêro<br />
Anes (who also designed the<br />
cathedral), the Customs House<br />
was built to collect the taxes levied<br />
by the Portuguese Crown on<br />
<strong>Madeira</strong>’s timber, corn and sugar<br />
exports. Now home to the<br />
island’s Regional Assembly, it<br />
has three splendid upper-floor<br />
rooms (see p9). d Rua da Alfândega<br />
• Map P3 • 291 2<strong>10</strong> 500 •<br />
By appointment • Free<br />
@ Câmara<br />
Municipal,<br />
Funchal<br />
<strong>Madeira</strong>’s early 19thcentury<br />
town hall<br />
originally belonged to<br />
the Count of Carvalhal<br />
(see p24). Look in the<br />
inner courtyard to see<br />
graceful balconies and<br />
a sensuous statue of<br />
Leda and the Swan (1880),<br />
brought here when the market<br />
was built in 1937 (see p18).<br />
d Praça do Município • Map N3 • Ask<br />
the porter for permission to view<br />
the courtyard<br />
£ Tower House, Funchal<br />
Opposite the Museum of<br />
Sacred Art (see pp<strong>10</strong>–11) is a<br />
stately building with a torremirante.<br />
Typical of the grander of<br />
Funchal’s town houses, these<br />
towers were built so the owners<br />
could view incoming ships. Note<br />
that the door handles are made<br />
from large iron keys. d Rua do<br />
Bispo • Map P3<br />
Manueline door, Alfândega<br />
(Customs House)<br />
$ House of the Consuls,<br />
Funchal<br />
Few traditional <strong>Madeira</strong>n houses<br />
are more ornate than this 18thcentury<br />
house built for foreign<br />
diplomats. d Rua de Conceição • Map<br />
P3 • Closed to the public.<br />
% Fishermen’s Chapel,<br />
Câmara de Lobos<br />
This simple, moving chapel on<br />
the harbour is where<br />
fishermen come to<br />
pray before and after<br />
they put out to sea.<br />
Wall paintings depict<br />
the story of how St<br />
Anthony of Padua<br />
(who was born in Lisbon)<br />
survived a shipwreck,<br />
and was so<br />
eloquent that even the<br />
fishes of the sea came<br />
to hear him preach. d<br />
Câmara de Lobos • Map F6<br />
Igreja Inglesa, Funchal<br />
^ The English Church (1822) is<br />
a domed Neo-Classical building<br />
set in a delightful garden. Its<br />
construction was funded by public<br />
appeal; Nelson, George II and<br />
the Duke of Wellington all contributed.<br />
d Rua do Quebra Costas •<br />
Map P2<br />
Capela de Santa Catarina,<br />
& Funchal<br />
Founded in 1425 by Constança de<br />
Almeida, Zarco’s wife, this chapel,<br />
perched above the harbour, was<br />
the first to be built in Funchal. d<br />
Jardim de Santa Catarina • Map Q2<br />
Gold coins paid by the exiled Napoleon for a barrel of <strong>Madeira</strong> wine<br />
are buried beneath the foundation stone of the English Church.
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