The Fortim de São José Viewpoint is located in a small island in Funchal Harbor, offers a wonderful panoramic view of the entire amphitheater of Funchal city. This fort is recognized for being the first place where the island’s discoverers took shelter in 1419. Fort St. Joseph was the first port of the Atlantic and most Western Europe, with an important role in the European maritime expansion. It was for this islander who sold sugar in the century. XV, the wine in the century. XVIII, and in the century. XX, coal. This infrastructure also served from headquarters to the invaders and subsequently chain, during the occupation of the British troops, between the years 1801 and 1807.
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