Horloge Ronde Madère (Portugal) Coat of Arms

Madère (/ˈdɪIre) 6°16.5′W and 33°7.8′N 17°16.65′W, just under 400 km (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union.The archipelago comprises the major part of the two Autonomous regions of Portugal (the other being the Azores localised to the northwest), that includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. Madeira était revendiquée par Portuguese sailors in the service of Infante D. Henrique (Henry the Navigator) in 1419, and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Portuguese Age of Discovery. Today, it is a popular year round Resort, being foued every year by about one million tourts, noted for its Madeira wine, flowers, landscapes and embroidery artisans, as well as for its annual New Year celebrations that feature the largest fireworks show in the world, as officially recogned by Guinness World Records in 2006.[8][9] The main harbour in Funchal is the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, ing an important over for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger croises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa.