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The bronze statue (from 1941) of the royal prince, Henry the Navigator wearing the arab scholars is placed next to the Praça do Infante square (just below Santa Catarina Park). Zarco, a knight in his service landed in Porto Santo in 1418, and 2 years later settlers moved to the…
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Just across from the fountain at the roundabout Rotunda do Infante, is this statue designed in 1941, by Leopoldo de Almeida. It is in honour of the famous navigator Dom Henrique (also known as Prince of the Kingdom of Portugal). It’s amazing that he found these islands. As…
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A reasonably prominent statue in Funchal just below Santa Catarina Park and close to a nice fountain. I think that we passed it at least twice a day during our recent holiday in Madeira.
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