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Madeira Island Magazine - January/February 2021

The new Madeira Island Magazine!!! What you need to know about World's Leading Island Destination. The last season Madeira was awarded in so many levels find out more, Madeira Wickerwork, Visit Câmara de Lobos, Robert Brown’s visit to Madeira, Cabbage Soup Tradicional Recipe, Discover the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, A bit of history with Ribeira da Janela Bridge, Diving at Madalena do Mar, Calhau da Lapa and much more.

The new Madeira Island Magazine!!! What you need to know about World's Leading Island Destination.
The last season Madeira was awarded in so many levels find out more, Madeira Wickerwork, Visit Câmara de Lobos, Robert Brown’s visit to Madeira, Cabbage Soup Tradicional Recipe, Discover the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, A bit of history with Ribeira da Janela Bridge, Diving at Madalena do Mar, Calhau da Lapa and much more.

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Câmara de lobos

A Baía Naturalmente Perfeita

The Perfect Natural Bay

âmara dos Lobos é uma

C baía naturalmente perfeita

que parece ter sido

deliberadamente cortada das rochas

para abrigar as pequenas embarcações

coloridas que flutuam nestas águas,

durante o dia e noite. As casas têm

vista para o mar, não deixando

dúvidas de que estas pessoas viveram

essencialmente de e para o mar. As

terras agrícolas são profundas com

plantações de banana. Estas são uma

das principais riquezas económicas

da região. Nos terrenos mais altos

é interessante observar os terrenos

agrícolas, conhecidos como “poios”,

que sobem vertiginosamente pelas

encostas. É difícil compreender como

é que os agricultores conseguiram

chegar a um terreno tão inacessível.

A produção de vinho é também de

importância vital para esta área com o

seu clima ameno e abundância em Sol.

Câmara dos Lobos

Câmara de Lobos é uma cidade, uma

freguesia e um concelho localizado

no lado oeste-centro-sul da Madeira.

Tem o nome da área onde foram

encontrados lobos marinhos. São as

focas-monge, duas das quais também

são vistas no seu brasão de armas.

Atualmente existem muito menos

focas-monge do que nos anos 80.

âmara de Lobos is the perfect

C natural bay which seems to

have been deliberately cut from

the rocks to shelter the small colourful

craft which float on these waters by day

and by night. The houses overlook the

sea, leaving no doubt that these people

once lived essentially of and from the

sea. The agricultural land is profuse with

banana plants. These are one of the

principal economic riches of the area.

On the higher grounds it is interesting to

observe the agricultural terraces, known

as ‘poios’, which climb vertiginously up

the slopes. It is difficult to understand

how the farmers managed to reach such

inaccessible terrain.

Wine production is also of vital

importance to this area with its mild

climate and abundance of sunshine.

Câmara dos Lobos

Câmara do Lobos, which translates out

to ‘chamber of wolves’ in English, is a

city, a parish and a municipality located

in the west-central south side part

of Madeira. It is named after the area

where sea wolves (lobos-marinhos) were

found. They are the monk seals, two of

which are also seen in its coat of arms.

Nowadays, there are much fewer monk

seals than in the 1980s.

8 Madeira Island Magazine | Janeiro - Fevereiro 2021

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