View of the city of Funchal from a window inside the cruise ship from Royal Caribbean's "Vision of the Seas", one of the many ships that pass through the Port of Funchal in Madeira island, in Portugal
This bielding, some decades ago, was a hotel. A charming hotel. Today it's a catolic scholl.
But, I don't put this piture to see it.
If you can see, a white car is parked. It's the named in portuguese "papamóvel", a UMM Jeep adapted to the needs of the Vatican, when the Pope John Paul II visit Madeira in 1991. Was entirely done in the factory in Portugal Mocar.
Located at lower part of the Parque de Santa Catarina, the Chapel of Santa Catarina date of 1425, its construction having been ordered by D. Constance, wife of João Gonçalves Zarco, one of the "discoverers" of Madeira.
The park is located in the city of Funchal and has an area of 36 000 m2. It is one of the most important parks of the city, being used not only for simple trips, but also as a place of events, popular celebrations (such as Labor Day) or for the performance of small events (such as exhibitions on animals)
A day is arriving, with the sun looking throught the clouds. Far, we can see Desertas islands. There live a monk-seal, with the scientific name monachus monachus. In Portugal, the monk-seal is limited to an area in the Desertas islands, the archipelago of Madeira.
This protected species there are still few in the african coast and in several areas in the Mediterranean sea, mainly in the greek coast
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