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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Madeira will lead you straight to the very best Madeira has to offer. Whether youre looking for things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the top place to eat, this guide is the perfect companion, taking the best of the printed guidebook and adding new eBook-only features. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists--from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals. Theres even a list of the Top 10 ways to avoid the crowds. The guide is divided by area, each with its own photo gallery and clear maps pinpointing the top sights. You also can view each location in Google Maps if reading on an Internet-enabled device. Plan each day with our itineraries and see the sights in individual areas. Youll find the insider knowledge you need to explore every corner with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Madeira, now with a sleek new eBook design.
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Save for a flurry of pinnacles at the eastern end, Funchal Cathedrals exterior is very plain. By contrast, the interior is lined with statues, paintings and gold-covered chapels; the ceiling is of spectacular knotwork inspired by Moorish geometry; and set in the floor are the tombs of early bishops and sugar merchants. Designed by Pro Anes, assisted by master mason Gil Enes, the cathedral was begun in 1493. Consecrated in September 1514, when Funchal was officially granted city status, it was finally completed in October 1517. Largo da S Open 9amnoon & 46pm daily Free
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King Manuel I of Portugal (14951521) helped to fund the construction of the cathedral, and it is his coat of arms over the Gothic doorway. The rose window above the crown is carved from rust-red local basalt.
Narthex and Baptistry
The vestibule to the church is paved in worn, 16th-century tomb slabs of black basalt. A wall plaque records the visit of Pope John Paul II on 12 May 1991. To the left is the massive 16th-century font of the Gothic baptistry.
Nave and South Aisle
Here, floor memorials to bishops and merchants carved in marble and basalt reflect the 16th-century Portuguese style.
North Aisle
Madeiras trade links with Antwerp are reflected in an unusual 16th-century brass Flemish-style memorial set in the floor to the west of the first chapel. The brass depicts the fashionable merchant Pedro de Brito Oliveira Pestana and his wife Catarina.
Ceiling
Madeiras native white cedar trees were used to brilliant effect in the construction of the ceiling of the nave, aisles and transepts. It is one of the finest examples in Portugal of the alfarge, or knotwork, technique, which blends Moorish and European elements.
South Transept
Sunlight floods through the transept windows to light up the timber ceiling with its everlasting knots forming arabesques and stars. Faded figures around the edge of the ceiling depict Fortune holding a billowing sail, centaurs and fish-tailed mermen.
Sanctuary
The nautical theme continues on the gilded ceiling of the sanctuary, where a carving of an armillary sphere (a navigation aid) can be seen among the painted cherubs and floral swags.
Seating in the Sanctuary
Carved in 151011, and attributed to Flemish sculptor Olivier de Gand, the bold blue-and-gold choir stalls depict saints, the Apostles and prophets dressed in the elaborate attire of merchants.
Altarpiece
The huge altarpiece was made in the early 16th century. Set within its ornate Gothic frames are 12 scenes from the lives of Christ and the Virgin.
East End
Go outside to the east end for the best view of the spire, and for the bravado display of barley-sugar pinnacles and pierced balustrades.
Knotwork Ceilings
Funchal cathedral has one of the richest and most elaborate of Portuguese knotwork ceilings, comparable in splendour to the ceiling of the Chapel of the Royal Palace at Sintra. Funchals delirious and dizzying pattern of knots and lozenges, with projections similar to stalactites, is based on the rich geometric art of medieval Islam. Much of Portugal was under Moorish rule from AD 711 to AD 1249, and the Moors also ruled over andalusia in Spain until 1492, precisely one year before work started on this cathedral.
Tip: The cathedral marks the social heart of Funchal. The pavement cafs to the south (the Caf Funchal and the Caf Apolo) are popular meeting places for people who live and work in the city centre, and great places to relax and simply watch the world go by.
Tip: The cathedral is a functioning religious building, and visits are not encouraged during services (weekdays at 8am, 8.30am, 11.15am and 6pm; Sundays at 8am, 9am, 11am, 5pm and 6:15pm). If you go to a service, you will be able to see the normally dark interior of the church lit up.
Museu de Arte Sacra, Funchal
Madeira is not the first place you would think to look for some of the finest Flemish masterpieces ever painted, but the 15th-century sugar trade between Funchal and Antwerp (in modern Belgium) provides the link. Merchants and plantation owners sought immortality by commissioning altarpieces for their local churches, often depicting themselves and their families kneeling in prayer. Thus the gorgeously colourful paintings gathered in this museum of religious art serve also as portraits of some of the islands first settlers. Rua do Bispo 21 291 228 900 www.museuartesacrafunchal.org Open 10am12:30pm & 2:306pm TueSat, 10am-1pm Sun Admission 3
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Entrance Hall
The importance of the bishop in local society is reflected in the elegance of his palace, which now houses the museum. Visitors enter through a handsome hall floored with pebbles forming swags and garlands. The Baroque stone staircase, dating from the 1750s, is flanked by gilded candelabra.
Processional Cross
This exquisite example of the silversmiths art was donated at the dedication of Funchals cathedral in 1514 by King Manuel I of Portugal (14951521). Tier upon tier of Gothic niches are filled with tiny figures of saints, as well as dramatic scenes from the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ.
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