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Heritage in Portugal
Estátua do Trabalhador
- heritage
Avenida Francisco Sá Carneiro - Parque de Santa Catarina
9000, Funchal
Statue representing a human figure working, paying homage to Madeiran workers.
Homenagem à Mulher
- heritage
Praça de Tenerife
9060, Funchal
Statue representing a feminine human figure, paying homage to women.
Vila Passos
- heritage
Rua Príncipe Dom Luís, 3
9360, Ponta do Sol
A rural house with a rectangular plan, typical of a migrant from the island of Madeira, that has three floors, a mezzanino and yet another, more to the back and ending in a balcony.
Casa dos Azevedos
- heritage
Rua Santo António, 5
9360, Ponta do Sol
A typically Madeiran rural house, with a stor on the ground floor and the owners's dwellings on the upper floor. It was probably built in the 18th century and rebuilt in the 20th century. A special note to the main outer portal.
Casa da Madalena do Mar / Solar dos Freitas da Madalena
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Rua do IV Centenário
9360, Madalena do Mar
A rural house with an irregular square plan, typical of the Madeira island, composed of a store on the ground floor and the owners's dwelling on the upper floor. It was built in the 19th century and was used as quarters in the fourties of the 20th century. It is badly preserved.
Solar do Aposento
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Rua dos Moinhos
9240, Ponta Delgada
A 1700s manor, typical of a welathy rural landlord, with a tower. It is sober and simple in its lines.
Museu Municipal de Etnografia e História da Póvoa de Varzim
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Rua Visconde de Azevedo, 17
4490-589, Póvoa de Varzim
Museum space founded in 1937, located in Solar dos Carneiros, the only coat of arms in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim and dating from the 18th century. It is classified as a Property of Public Interest. It is one of the oldest ethnographic museums in Portugal, highlighting the exhibition "Siglas Poveiras", the sacred art collection of the primitive mother church (16th century) and the collection of archaeological pieces (such as the Roman inscriptions from Beiriz).
Casa dos Romeiros / Centro Social Paroquial Bom Jesus
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Estrada Padre Casimiro Freitas Abreu
9240-105, Igreja
A pilgrim's house with doors and windows framed with the region's black masonry.
Casa do Ladrilho / Casa-Museu Doutor Horácio Bento de Gouveia
- heritage
ER101
9240, Ponta Delgada
A typical farmer's house, where the Madeiran professor, journalist and writer Horácio Bento de Gouveia was born. The house was adapted to House-Museum in 1986.
Casa da Família Machado
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Terra Chã
9240, Terra Chã
A 19th century house covered by ceramic tiles, according to the Madeira's custom.