Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte
Eighteenth-century hilltop church whose steps overlook the start of the wicker sledge run.
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This guide to the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte in Funchal, Madeira, stands you at the foot of its steps, where men in white and straw boaters have launched wicker sledges downhill since the nineteenth century. It follows the carreiros, their rubber-soled boots and greased runners, and the hill village that needed a fast way into town. Best heard just below the stairs, where the baskets wait.
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