There was a passage below the street level in this area. The Madeira Street (“wood” street won this name thanks to the fact that there used to be a warehouse of wood for construction in that same place. In this area there used to exist the “Porta dos Carros”, one of the big city entrances, that disappeared when the walls of the city were destroyed.
Bust paying homage to Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the father of boy-scout movement all over the world, who visited Madeira in the beginning of the 1930s.
Bust inaugurated in august, the 12th, 1980, paying homage to Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan soldier and revolutionary lieder responsible for the independence of several territories of Spanish America.
Monument to pay homage to José Relvas, big name Portuguese culture, as a musician, scholar and man worship which greatly contributes to the cultural legacy of the region.
Its construction dates back to the 18th century, but there are references to this church from the 13th century. Was successively expanded to such an extent that the monument primitive disappeared, although traces remain of josefino period. In the 20th century its state of degradation was ruinous, but in 1987 began to be rebuilt and today is also a diversified cultural space.
