Praça do Município
Wave-patterned basalt and limestone square framed by a baroque town hall, churches and a central fountain.
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This guide to Praça do Município in Funchal, Madeira, slips past the town hall's white facade into a courtyard most visitors never enter, where a marble woman and a swan share a fountain. It follows a Lisbon stoneworker, a Greek myth, and a statue that was never meant for this spot. Along the way you'll meet a nobleman's mansion turned council seat and the wave-patterned stones under your feet. Best heard standing by the square's central fountain.
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