Forte de São João Baptista / Forte do Desembarcadouro
The São João Baptista fort, next to the recreational port of Machico, was built by order of the Governor of Madeira, Captain-General Duarte Sodré Pereira, in 1708. It is also called Forte do Desembarcadouro because the discoverers disembarked nearby the island, Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira. It defended the bay of Machico, doing crossfire with the fort of Nossa Senhora do Amparo. Inside there is a neo-Gothic chapel, dedicated to the saint after whom the fortress is named.
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Monuments near Forte de São João Baptista / Forte do Desembarcadouro
Busto de Estátua de Tristão Vaz Teixeira
Bust in homage of Tristão Vaz Teixeira, colonizer of Porto Santo and Madeira Islands. It was cut in stone by Anjos Teixeira in 1972.
Engenho de Cana-de-açúcar no Sítio das Casas Próximas
It is a 19th century sugar cane mill, classified as a Property of Local Cultural Value. Belonging to Companhia de Engenhos do Norte, which still manufactures c…
Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo
Ancient fortress with a triangular plan, built in the 18th century to defend Machico beach, crossing fire with the fort of São João do Desembarcadouro. It is p…
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição / Igreja Matriz de Machico
Temple ordered to be built by Branca Teixeira, daughter of the first Captain-Donatário Tristão Vaz Teixeira, based on the 14th century Capela dos Reis Magos, r…
