This all things are exposed in Quinta das Cruzes museum. You can see first a "pelourinho", also popularly referred to as picota. Is a stone pillar placed in a public place in a city or town where they were exposed and punished criminals. Today don't exist in Madeira island or in all Portugal. A tradution to english show me that pelourinho means pillory. I don't if it's the same. 

The cruise ship Oriana arrives today slowly to Funchal port where are another thwo cruise ships: Grand Mistral and Saga Ruby. In total, there are 5.000 passegengers and crew. The building near the ship is the cathedral.

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O navio de cruzeiros Oriana chega calmamente ao Porto do Funchal onde estão outros dois paquetes: o Grand Mistral e o Saga Ruby. No total, estão no porto cerca de 5.000 pesssoas entre passageiros e tripulantes. A edificação junto ao navio é a sé do Funchal.

AIDAsol cruise ship will return today to Funchal port. Next monday came again and going out on mondays. She we will do the same next sunday and depart on mondays and and repeat until april 2013. It's the winter season for the AIDA Cruises cruise ship. 

Funchal city has done some works for the benefit of the pedestrians. Where were streets, now exists wide spaces to walking. Avenida Arriaga is an exemple of that.