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CITY GUIDES
Gardens
Monte Palace Madeira
On the the top of Funchal city you will find
1 of the 13 Most Beautiful Botanical
ardens in the World!
Source image/text: Facebook Monte Palace Madeira
Open to the public since 1991, the Monte
Palace Madeira occupies an area of 70.000
square meters and houses a huge exotic
plant's collection, coming from all over the
world, together with swans, duck's and Koi
fish. The Monte Palace Museum is an ideal
exhibition space nestled within the
beautiful surroundings of a tropical garden.
There are three floors, two of which are
dedicated to sculptures and the third
houses a unique mineral collection
gathered from the four corners of the
world. Monte Palace Madeira, also
includes one of the most important tile collections in Portugal. The tiles exhibited
amidst the tropical vegetation represent several ages, coming from palaces, churches,
chapels and private houses throughout the former Portuguese empire.
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