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.

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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”

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Madeira Toboggan and Monte Palace Museum.

Madeira Toboggan

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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

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Monte Palace Museum is situated 140 metres east of Church of Our Lady of the Mount.

Colégio do Infante

School

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Colégio do Infante is a school, which is situated 110 metres south of Church of Our Lady of the Mount.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monte and Santa Luzia.

Monte

Suburb

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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

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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
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Latitude

32.67606° or 32° 40′ 34″ north

Longitude

-16.90247° or 16° 54′ 9″ west

Elevation

580 metres (1,903 feet)

Open location code

8C45M3GX+C2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 110395735

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

Wikidata 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”
Greek: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte”
Greek: “Εκκλησία της Παναγίας του Όρους”
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”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grave of Karl I, Emperor of Austria and Parque Monteiro.

Nearby Places

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