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About Câmara de Lobos
A municipality with 52.14 km² of area and 35666 inhabitants (2011).
Câmara de Lobos is an old-fashioned fishing village, the landscape of which was famously painted by Winston Churchill during the 1950s.
The town owes its name to the fact that when the discovered of Madeira, João Gonçalves Zarco (1419) noted that there was a thin rock that came out of the sea and that between this rock and the other ones was an arm of the sea, where nature has built a great cave. He entered the cave and saw many sea lions and therefore the village was named Câmara de Lobos (Chamber of the wolves).
With a surface of 52 km2 the municipality of Câmara de Lobos has a population density of 595.7 inhabitants per km2 and is characterized by a very young age structure compared to the national and European average.
Câmara de Lobos is a working town specialising in the fishing of the night dwelling Scabbard fish. This hard fishing lifestyle is reflected in the town, with small traditional tenements that house multiple families crowding around the cliffs. Today, the city is focused on the service sector and tourism is playing a major role and is the engine of the regional economy.
Location in Madeira
Câmara de Lobos is located in west-central Madeira. It is surrounded on the east by the capital Funchal, in the west by the municipality of Ribeira Brava, in the north by Santana and São Vincente and in the south by the sea. The municipality is composed of 5 parishes: Câmara de Lobos, Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, Jardim da Serra, Quinta Grande and Curral das Freiras.
Viewpoints
Miradouro do Cabo Girão
Address: Estrada do Cabo Girão, 9300-351 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 580m
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Miradouro do Rancho
Address: Estrada Stª Clara, Sítio do Rancho, 9300-145 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 242m
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Miradouro do Pico da Torre
Address: Estrada do Pico da Torre, 9300-004 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 186m
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Miradouro Winston Churchill
Address: Estrada João Gonçalves Zarco, 9300-079 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 26m
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Miradouro do Salão Ideal
Address: Estrada João Gonçalves Zarco, 9300-079 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 29m
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Miradouro do Jardim do Ilheu
Address: Caminho do Ilhéu, 9300-132 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 35m
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Miradouro Cruz da Caldeira
Address: Estrada João Gonçalves Zarco, 9300-079 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 593m
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Miradouro da Boca da Corrida
Address: Estrada da Corrida, 9325-137 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 1269m
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Miradouros da Boca dos Namorados
Address: Estrada Municipal da Boca dos Namorados, 9325-135 Câmara de Lobos.
Altitude: 1057m
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Miradouro da Fajã dos Padres
Address: Estrada Padre António Dinis Henriques, #1 9300-288 Quinta Grande.
Altitude: 350m
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Miradouro das Três Marias da Vargem
Address: Travessa da Calçada 9325, Estreito De Câmara de Lobos
Altitude: 412m
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Museums
Madeira Press Museum
Address: Av. da Autonomia nº 3, 9300-146 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 910 135
Email: museuimprensamadeira@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Facebook: @museuimprensamadeira
Chestnut Museum
Address: Estrada Cónego Camacho 2, 9030-319 Curral das Freiras.
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Phone: +351 969 902 690
Email: museudacastanha@gmail.com
Facebook: @Museu-da-Castanha
Municipal Library
Address: Av. da Autonomia nº 5, 9300-146 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 910 130
Email: bibliotecas@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Facebook: @bmclobos
Monuments & Statues
Town Hall
Address: Calçada do Pico 7, 9000-206 Funchal.
Construction: 1992
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Email: geral@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Website: cm-camaradelobos.pt
Centro Cívico do Estreito
Address: Rua Cônego Agostinho Figueira Faria, 9325-017 Estreito de Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 2004
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Phone: +351 291 910 040
Email: centrocivicoestreito@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Facebook: @centrocivicodoestreito
São Bernardino Convent
Address: Rua Frei Pedro da Guarda, 9300-066 Câmara De Lobos.
Construction: 1459
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Transporte em Rede Sculpture
Address: Rua Cônego Agostinho Figueira Faria, 9325-017 Estreito de Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 2004
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Nossa Senhora da Conceição Chapel
Address: Rua Nossa Sra. da Conceição 3, 9300-152 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1420
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Cruzeiro do Pico da Torre
Address: Estrada do Pico da Torre, 9300-004 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1941
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Forno da Cal
Address: Caminho da Trincheira 1, 9300-159 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1874
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Mar de Esperança Sculpture
Address: Rua nova da Praia, 9300-116 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 2004
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Lobo Marinho Sculpture
Address: Rua Padre Eduardo Clemente Nunes Pereira, 9300-116 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1997
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Parks, Gardens & others
Jardim do Ilheu
Address: Caminho do Ilhéu, 9300-132 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Email: geral@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Website: cm-camaradelobos.pt
Jardim de São Francisco
Address: Rua Padre Manuel Juvenal Pita Ferreira, 9300-117 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Email: geral@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Website: cm-camaradelobos.pt
Promenade Câmara de Lobos
Address: Estrada João Gonçalves Zarco, 9300-080 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Email: geral@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Website: cm-camaradelobos.pt
Salinas Pool Beach Complex
Address: Caminho da Trincheira, 9300-080 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Email: geral@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Website: cm-camaradelobos.pt
Vigário Beach
Address: Praça da Autonomia, 9300-163 Câmara de Lobos.
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Email: geral@cm-camaradelobos.pt
Website: cm-camaradelobos.pt
Fajã dos Padres Beach
Address: Estrada Padre António Dinis Henriques, #1 9300-288 Quinta Grande.
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Phone: +351 291 944 538
Email: info@fajadospadres.com
Website: fajadospadres.com
Chapels & Churches
São Sebastião Church
Address: Largo de São Sebastião, 9300-152 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1426
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Phone: +351 291 942 518
Facebook: @Paroquiasaosebastiao
Santa Cecília Church
Address: Rua Condes Torre Bela, 13, 9300-041 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 2011
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Phone: +351 291 942 123
Email: parscecilia@gmail.com
Facebook: @ParóquiaSantaCecília
Nossa Senhora da Conceição Chapel
Address: Rua Nossa Sra. da Conceição 3, 9300-152 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1420
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Phone: +351 291 911 080
Nossa Senhora da Graça Church
Address: Rua da Igreja 2, 9325-031 Estreito De Câmara.
Construction: 1753
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Phone: +351 291 620 614
Email: p.estreito.cl@gmail.com
Facebook: @ParóquiaECL
Nossa Senhora da Encarnação Church
Address: Rua Padre Manuel Carlos da Silva 9325-337 Estreito de Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1960s
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Phone: +351 291 947 590
Email: paroquiaencarnacao1961@gmail.com
Facebook: @paroquiaencarnacao1961
São Tiago Church (Jardim da Serra)
Address: Rua da Igreja, 9325-272 Jardim da Serra.
Construction: 2000s
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Phone: +351 291 941 030
Email: saotiagoparoquia@gmail.com
Facebook: @saotiagoparoquia
Foro Chapel (Jardim da Serra)
Address: Rua da Capela, 9325-272 Jardim da Serra.
Construction: 1961
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Phone: +351 291 941 030
Email: saotiagoparoquia@gmail.com
Facebook: @saotiagoparoquia
Garachico Church
Address: Caminho Velho do Garachico 9300-347 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1966
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Phone: +351 962 401 707
Facebook: @paroquiagarachico
Curral das Freiras Church
Address: Estrada Cónego Camacho, 9030-314 Curral Das Freiras.
Construction: 1793
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Phone: +351 291 223 935
Email: funchal@carmelitas.pt
Facebook: @paroquiadocurraldasfreiras
Quinta Grande Church
Address: Sítio da Igreja. 9300-254 Quinta Grande.
Construction: 1950
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Phone: +351 291 942 416
Facebook: paroquiaqg
Preces Chapel
Address: Rua João Ricardo Ferreira César, 9300-076 Câmara de Lobos.
Construction: 1960s
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Phone: +351 291 942 326
Email: carmoparoquia@gmail.com
Facebook: paroquiacarmocl
Shrine of Fatima - Cabo Girão
Address: Estrada da Capela de Nossa Sr.ª de Fátima, 9300-081 Quinta Grande.
Construction: 1974
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Phone: +351 291 911 080