Church of Our Lady of the Mount
The Church of Our Lady of the Mount is the main church in the civil parish of Monte, in Funchal, Madeira island.Photo: 2015 Michael 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: patano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Funchal, Madeira
- Also known as: “Church of Our Lady of Monte”, “Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte”, and “Igreja do Monte”
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Madeira Toboggan and Monte Palace Museum.
Madeira Toboggan
Carros de cesto do Monte, known as Monte Toboggan – means of transportation from Monte in Funchal, the capital of Portuguese island Madeira. It consists of carts that are wicker baskets mounted on skids, sometimes compared to toboggan.
Monte Palace Museum
Museum
Photo: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.
Monte Palace Museum is situated 140 metres east of Church of Our Lady of the Mount.
Funchal Cable Car
Aerial lift
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Funchal Cable Car, or Madeira Cable Car, is a gondola lift that transports people from the lower section of Funchal, Madeira to the suburb of Monte. Funchal Cable Car is situated 220 metres east of Church of Our Lady of the Mount.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monte and Santa Luzia.
Monte
Suburb
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monte is a civil parish in the municipality and a suburb of Funchal in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Locally, the parish is also known as Nossa Senhora do Monte.
Santa Luzia
Suburb
Photo: Vojtěch Dostál, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Luzia is a parish in the municipality of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2011 was 5,866, in an area of 1.34 km2.
Imaculado Coração de Maria
Suburb
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Imaculado Coração de Maria is a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal in the archipelago of Madeira. Imaculado Coração de Maria, which is Portuguese for The Immaculate Heart of Mary, is a suburb of Funchal.
Church of Our Lady of the Mount
- Categories: parish church, cultural heritage, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.67606° or 32° 40′ 34″ northLongitude
-16.90247° or 16° 54′ 9″ westElevation
580 metres (1,903 feet)Open location code
8C45M3GX+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 110395735OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q2001649
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Church of Our Lady of the Mount” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سيده مونتى”
- French: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- German: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Bunda dari Gunung, Monte do Funchal”
- Italian: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Japanese: “ノッサ・セニョーラ・ド・モンテ教会”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Slovenian: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Monte (Funchal)”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Monte”
- Swedish: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grave of Karl I, Emperor of Austria and Parque Monteiro.
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