Funchal - Madeira

After a postcard from the Azores, now I have a postcard from Madeira. It could also have been sent by me, but no, it was sent by Rui and Carla who went there on vacation a few days ago. After visiting the island 4 times, I already have a lot of cards from there but this one I still didn't have. It shows the Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte and the Terreiro da Luta, both located in the parish of Monte, Funchal.

Fotógrafos: Miguel Perestrelo, Luigi di Giovine

 

The Monte Church, built in the 18th century, presents an 18th and 19th century architecture. On the left side chapel is the tomb of Charles of Hapsburg, the last emperor of Austria.

Located in Terreiro da Luta, the Shrine of Nossa Senhora da Paz - Our Lady of Peace,  is the grandest monument on the Island of Madeira. 

In 1917, during World War I, the city of Funchal was bombed twice by German submarines. In the face of these events, a promise was then made: if peace was re-established on the island, the Madeirans would erect a statue in worship of Senhora do Monte. Eventually, ten years after these episodes, the Shrine of Nossa Senhora da Paz was built, with a five-metre-high marble statue. - in: https://visitmadeira.com