MET 2012 Capstone Project - Whale Museum
MET 2012 Capstone Project - Whale Museum - Team Whale'R'U
Museu da Baleia, Caniçal, Madeira 17/12/11 parte 2
situado na ilha da madeira é o promontório mais alto da Europa com 580 m de altura
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The name of the island of Madeira comes from a tree. The island is of volcanic origin which translates into abundant flora. The best functioning currency on Madeira is the euro and the temperatures fluctuate close to 20oC throughout the year. However, in the mountains where the highest peak Pico Ruivo is 1862m.npm it may be below 0. However, it is not always sunny and the weather as it is on the islands can change in sequences of several minutes. The island belongs to Portugal, but in ancient times it was also part of Spain. The capital of the island is Funchal where there are the most attractions.
Madeira has born Cristiano Ronaldo who has his museum here and a restaurant. In the funchal are 3 botanical parks where plants are gathered from many continents, including Australia, America, Asia and Africa. The largest of them is Jardim Botanico and can be reached by cable car. In Funchal there are several museums, the Museum of Electricity, the Cr7 museum, the Museu Quinta das Cruzes, the Museu de Historia Natural do Funchal. On the hill is the old fortification Castle Fortaleza De Sao Tiago. In the city center is Fruit And Vegetable Market and Fish Market where I recommend a fish named espada.
On the island there are many viewpoints with the famous Cabo Girão where the cliff is about 600m and you walk on the glass floor. Other which I recommend is Pico dos Barcelos, Balcões, Eira do Serrado, Ponta do Rosto, Farol da Ponta do Pargo, Pico do Areeiro, Miradouro da Terra Chã.
There is a large demand for water on Madeira, settlers have long been building lewady, or channels that bring water from the hot to the lowlands. Lewady is an attraction of Madeira, you can walk around them and some of them have more than 15 km. Lewady are different difficulties, so be careful what you choose and how we will be dressed. The most famous are: Levada das 25 fontes with the Risco waterfall, Vereda to Areeiro, Levada to Alecrim, Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço, Vereda da Lagoa to Vento,
Interesting places you can see in this video is Porto Moniz where there are natural volcanic pools many good restaurants and a small Aquarium da Madeira. I recommend tasting the local Poncha drink with freshly squeezed fruit juice and aguardente. Riberia Brava with picturesque green terraces where bananas are grown. Other towns are Porto Santo, Câmara de Lobos, São Vicente, Seixal, Jardim do Mar, Achadas da Cruz, Caniçal, Santa Cruz, Porto da Cruz, Santana.
In the film you will see eucalyptus and jasmine forests in which it smells like anywhere else.
Madeira is a paradise for people who like to walk in the mountains, forests (no ticks) for photographers and all those who love flowers. Beaches are stony or with black sand. There are many beautiful and wild corners on the island and if you go on it for the second or third time you will always find new, unexplored charming places for you.
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São Vicente Caves in Madeira, Portugal
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Funchal, Madeira - 4 days in the fascinating capital of this young, sub-tropical island
On our first day in Funchal we headed down to the port for a trip with the Ventura for dolphin and possible whale watching. Our marine biologist Vanessa first went through the birds, dolphins and whales that we might see before we headed out to the rib. We did see the Cory’s shearwater skimming the sea and then our boat found a pod of bottle nosed dolphins that swam all around the boat. We motored to the Cabo Girão cliff west of Funchal where a small strip of land at the bottom of the cliff support crops such as mangoes. Back on land we visited the Jardim Municipal where the dramatic Silk Floss tree was in flower before having lunch at The Ritz. After lunch we did a tour of Blandy’s Madeira wine lodge then the cathedral. On the second day we started at the Mercado dos Lavradores, the central market in Funchal with its adjacent fish market where the black scabbardfish was on sale. We walked down Rua de Santa Maria through the old town to the Lizard, the Saturday flea market and then on to Fortaleza de sã Tiago, the 17th century fort built to protect the harbour. A quick look at the Praia da Baffeirinha lido and impressively decorated Igreja do Socorro before climbing the hill to the Miradouro Vila Guida where monarch butterflies fluttered in the flowers. Back down to old town to see a shop selling everything you could make in Portuguese cork, then the Museu da Quinta das cruses and the national tile museum, passed a noisy wedding on our way back. The third day we took the Funchal Cable car to the Monte Palace Tropical Gardens with its tile collections, African sculptures and tree ferns. We watched a little of the Monte Toboggan ride before taking the cable car to the Botanical Garden for a stroll and then back to downtown Funchal. Our fourth day started at the Embroidery museum where the lovely, if expensive, local crafts were on display, then the city of sugar museum, a stop to have a delicious cake at Padaria Sesame before the wonderfully decorated Jesuit Church. Across town via the Parque de Santa Catarina for a beer at the 1891 Reid’s Palace and a swim at the Complex Balnear Lido.
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Edificio do Museu da Baleia, no Caniçal, Ilha da Madeira.
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Sailing Madeira and Porto Santo
Episode 6 - Discovering Madeira and Porto Santo; climbing our first mountain, Quinto da Lorde Marina; The museum of Whaling at Canical.
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Madeira
00:02:21 1 History
00:02:30 1.1 Exploration
00:03:14 1.2 Legend
00:03:44 1.3 Discovery
00:04:41 1.4 Settlement
00:06:59 1.5 World War I
00:09:01 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:11:30 2 Geography
00:12:42 2.1 Islands and islets
00:14:01 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:16:33 3 Climate
00:17:38 4 Flora and fauna
00:18:32 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:18:41 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:18:50 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:20:13 5 Levadas
00:21:43 6 Governance
00:22:09 6.1 Funchal
00:22:48 7 Population
00:22:57 7.1 Demographics
00:23:48 7.2 Diaspora
00:27:00 7.3 Immigration
00:28:06 8 Economy
00:28:15 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:32:43 8.2 Tourism
00:33:38 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:34:05 9 Renewable energy
00:34:42 10 Transport
00:35:43 11 Culture
00:35:51 11.1 Music
00:36:56 11.2 Cuisine
00:39:20 11.3 Beverages
00:41:17 12 Sports
00:41:25 13 Sister provinces
00:41:57 14 Postage stamps
00:42:14 15 Notable people
00:45:25 16 See also
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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00:02:35 1 History
00:02:44 1.1 Exploration
00:03:32 1.2 Legend
00:04:05 1.3 Discovery
00:05:06 1.4 Settlement
00:07:37 1.5 World War I
00:09:51 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:12:34 2 Geography
00:13:53 2.1 Islands and islets
00:15:17 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:18:03 3 Climate
00:19:13 4 Flora and fauna
00:20:12 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:20:22 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:20:31 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:22:02 5 Levadas
00:23:42 6 Governance
00:24:10 6.1 Funchal
00:24:53 7 Population
00:25:02 7.1 Demographics
00:25:59 7.2 Diaspora
00:29:31 7.3 Immigration
00:30:42 8 Economy
00:30:51 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:35:46 8.2 Tourism
00:36:45 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:37:15 9 Renewable energy
00:37:54 10 Transport
00:39:01 11 Culture
00:39:10 11.1 Music
00:40:20 11.2 Cuisine
00:42:57 11.3 Beverages
00:45:05 12 Sports
00:45:14 13 Sister provinces
00:45:48 14 Postage stamps
00:46:05 15 Notable people
00:49:30 16 See also
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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00:02:22 1 History
00:02:31 1.1 Exploration
00:03:15 1.2 Legend
00:03:45 1.3 Discovery
00:04:42 1.4 Settlement
00:07:01 1.5 World War I
00:09:04 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:11:33 2 Geography
00:12:45 2.1 Islands and islets
00:14:05 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:16:38 3 Climate
00:17:43 4 Flora and fauna
00:18:38 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:18:47 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:18:56 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:20:18 5 Levadas
00:21:49 6 Governance
00:22:15 6.1 Funchal
00:22:54 7 Population
00:23:03 7.1 Demographics
00:23:55 7.2 Diaspora
00:27:07 7.3 Immigration
00:28:13 8 Economy
00:28:22 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:32:52 8.2 Tourism
00:33:46 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:34:14 9 Renewable energy
00:34:51 10 Transport
00:35:51 11 Culture
00:36:00 11.1 Music
00:37:04 11.2 Cuisine
00:39:29 11.3 Beverages
00:41:27 12 Sports
00:41:35 13 Sister provinces
00:42:07 14 Postage stamps
00:42:24 15 Notable people
00:45:36 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.
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Madeira
00:02:21 1 History
00:02:30 1.1 Exploration
00:03:14 1.2 Legend
00:03:44 1.3 Discovery
00:04:41 1.4 Settlement
00:06:59 1.5 World War I
00:09:01 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:11:30 2 Geography
00:12:42 2.1 Islands and islets
00:14:01 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:16:33 3 Climate
00:17:38 4 Flora and fauna
00:18:32 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:18:41 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:18:50 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:20:13 5 Levadas
00:21:43 6 Governance
00:22:09 6.1 Funchal
00:22:48 7 Population
00:22:57 7.1 Demographics
00:23:48 7.2 Diaspora
00:27:00 7.3 Immigration
00:28:06 8 Economy
00:28:15 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:32:43 8.2 Tourism
00:33:38 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:34:05 9 Renewable energy
00:34:42 10 Transport
00:35:43 11 Culture
00:35:51 11.1 Music
00:36:56 11.2 Cuisine
00:39:20 11.3 Beverages
00:41:17 12 Sports
00:41:25 13 Sister provinces
00:41:57 14 Postage stamps
00:42:14 15 Notable people
00:45:25 16 See also
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.