Construction dated from the end of the XVII century, being at that time the Santa Casa da Misericórdia and its Hospital. It was later the Medical School of Funchal and is now the Regional Government Palace.

Large baroque palace with a three floors rectangular plant, built in the XVII century. The ground floor has shops and storehouses and the 1st floor services, among which the Juvenile Court of Funchal.

Church at the Colégio dos Jesuítas (Jesuit College), which is now the Madeira and Católica Universities. It is a mannerist building from the XVII century, with various paintings from the XVII and XVIII centuries inside. The beautiful altar at the chapel of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the glazed tiles at the vestry walls are worthy of notice.

Church built in the XVIII century in the place where a chapel from the XV century used to be. Inside are visible some goldsmithery from the XVII and XVIII centuries and some paintings. At the lateral chapel is the body of Charles Habsburg, Emperor of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, exiled in 1931 to Madeira.

Palace with an irregular rectangular drawing, an addorsed mannerist chapel, dated from the XVI century. It is placed in a large and pleasant park with trees and walkways. It is the headquarters of the Madeira regional Government since 1984.

Baroque palace with rectangular plant and three floors. In the upper floor stands out a mannerist portal headed with a coat of arms. It was built in the XVII century and suffered profound remodelling in the XVIII century. Nowadays it is occupied with some shops and services.

Accordingly to the existent bibliography, facts indicate that this fort was the refuge of Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira, the finders of Madeira, before they reached the archipelago. In one of the extremities it is still possible to see the triangle where the sailors fastened their boats.

Fortress built in the XVII century to protect the city against pirates’ attacks, being enlarged in the XVIII century. It was used with military ends until 1992, year in which it was given to the Regional Government, which turned it into a cultural space, so that now is the Contemporary Art Museum.