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| Keywords: Hospital Velho, Funchal.jpg en Old building of Hospital da Misericórdia in Funchal Built by order of D Manuel I dated 1507 unknown date of completion to replace the former hospital Located at Santa Maria Maior in the street that still bears its name Rua do Hospital Velho Was in use as hospital until the 17th century when the services were moved to a new building in Avenida Arriaga now serving as vice-presidêncial palace of Madeira government Demolished sometime during the 19th century after 1860 since it was still photographed The valuable windows in Manueline style were salvaged by Conselheiro Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos who kept them dismounted in a depot in his palace were they remained until 1947 when his descendant D Luísa de Ornelas Tomaszevska donated the blocks to the the municipality they were afterwards reconstructed and placed at exposition in Museu Quinta das Cruzes where they still are today For references see Arquivo Histórico da Madeira Vol VII pages 115-118 http //inocente web simplesnet pt/index5 htm digitally cleaned and restored by Darwinius author 1860's possibly - awaiting more data PD-old-100 <gallery>File Hospital Velho Funchal original jpg Original file downloaded from the website</gallery> Hospital Velho Funchal 00 13 7 September 2012 UTC Hospital Velho Funchal jpg Files of Funchal uploaded by Darwinius Hospital Velho Funchal Funchal in the 19th century Valued images of Portugal | ||||
