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Madeira Day (Madeira, Portugal)

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Madeira Day

Holiday in Madeira, Portugal

Madeira Day, officially known as Autonomous of Region of Madeira and Madeiran Communities' Day, celebrated in Madeira on 1 July, is a holiday marking the date when Portuguese explorers arrived in Machico's bay in 1419. It is a public holiday in the Autonomous Region.
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Madeira

Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic

Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is an autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of the Canary Islands, Spain, 520 kilometres (320 mi) west…
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