Forte do Nossa Senhora do Amparo

Not interesting enough fir a visit

A very small triangular shaped fort and too low for defences purposes? Attractive enough from a distance as a result of its bright yellow colours but nothing very interesting to us. Canons can be foun...

Historic building needs some TLC.

Tuesday 12th September and we walked around the exterior of this small Forte. It is located along the seafront near Praia de Sao Roque in Machico. The triangular shaped building was built in 1706. A ...

Cool fortress

This fortress was built in the 17th century to defend the Machico beach. The fort features a triangular shaped plant with one of its angles facing the sea. There are some cannons in the fortress you c...

Looked derelict - we walked by

Tuesday 22nd June we were out exploring and sightseeing in Machico and we saw this unusual shaped building by the seafront at Praia de Sao Roque. It was not clear what the building was or if it wa...

The most remarkable of the locality

Original Text

Because it is a trace or memory of the first arrival of colonizers to the island being the starting point of civilization in Madeira