Santa Maria Maior is a civil parish in the eastern part of the municipality of Funchal on the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 13,352, in an area of 4.86 km2.
The urbanized coastal buildings of Santa Maria Maior situated in a mountainous geography
The walled fortifications of the Fort of São Tiago, built to protect the coast from piracy during the 16th-17th century
Santa Maria Maior, along the coast, showing the rugged escarpments of Madeira
The Jewish Cemetery of Funchal is a Jewish cemetery located in Rua do Lazareto, Funchal, Madeira. Sephardi Jews as well as Ashkenazi Jews are buried here.
Santa Maria Maior (Funchal)
…de Santa Maria Maior) was possible the construction of the Mercado da União (English: Union Market), which too was later removed in 1911. In 1851 the Jewish Cemetery of Funchal was built in Rua do Lazareto, which still exists today. In 1940 the Mercado dos Lavradores was opened…
Entrance to the Jewish Cemetery.
Funchal Bay from East, Madeira, c. 1900
Placa na porta do Cemitério Judaico, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal