A few days ago I showed the other side of the works on the coast of the Bay of Funchal. This photoh is more comprehensive and gives a bit the size of the work being done
Detail of the highway bridge over the Rua do Comboio. The creator of this bridge won an award for his work a few years ago.
A "quinta" (like a farm) in Monte that burned in a large fire. The Monte sits high atop the city of Funchal and there are many important quintas in the capital of Madeira. Formerly, who had more money and resided in the city center, they was vacationing in this location with a magnificent view of the city.
Statue erected in Santa Catarina Park in honor of Christopher Columbus who "discovered" America where the Indians were already living. The navigator will have had some familiar links with the city of Funchal.
With the works in "ribeiras" (streams) and protection of the central coast of the Funchal bay, the city lost some of its charm near the sea. What you see here in the sea did not exist before these works.
The most often do not look at the ground beneath our feet when we walk like this cover concerning the distribution of water through the Funchal city.
The Madeira island is known for its lush nature, the friendliness of its people and for being the island of flowers.
The Caminho do Monte, where descend the traditional "carros de cestos", like tobogans, from Monte to Levada, near Funchal center down there
Calm approach to the port of Funchal one of this days by cruise ship Braemar. This year, this ship will complete 50 times in Madeira.
on the right of this photo they are doing works on the coast that could purposely avoid. The idea is to show that the city of Funchal still beautiful as ever.
I was invited to do an exhibition with some of the hundreds of photographs of Funchal Daily Photo site, as seen in these images in the hotel Meliã Madeira Mare. The invitation was due to the realization of congress that met in Funchal about 300 people across the country. The exhibition will be another week in five star hotel at the invitation of the direction of the establishment.
statue of Pope John Paul II in Funchal Cathedral where his holiness was in 1991, during a official visit to Madeira island in May 12.
Madeira is known as the flowers island. We can see them in all places like this one in Rua da Carreira, in Funchal city center.
I have long time to want to photograph this old fountain in Cruzes, a few meters from the entrance of Quinta das Cruzes Museum. One day this week I do not put it off anymore. There is nothing special, but it has its grace and historical and architectural value. There is nothing special, but it has its grace and historical and architectural value.