Funchal

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Historic places in Funchal

• Funchal Cathedral (Sé) — The future King Manuel I orders a church on the "Duke's Ground", a plot once used to test sugarcane; 1493 in other sources.
• Farmers' Market (Mercado dos Lavradores) — The Farmers' Market opens in November, designed by Edmundo Tavares.
• Igreja do Colégio (São João Evangelista) — The entrance door is made from the wood of sugar crates; Jesuit saints' busts stand on the façade.
• Madeira Photography Museum - Atelier Vicente's — In 1865 the photographer Vicente Gomes da Silva (1827-1906) acquired the space for his studio; the regional tourism board calls it the oldest photography studio in the country.