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Elucidário Madeirense

Place fort Machico

Fort of São João Baptista

Forte de São João Baptista

Machico

32°43′06″ N16°45′31″ W Google Maps

Dismantled fort above the quay whose esplanade housed a cholera hospital in 1910.

Map: Madeira (1)

Map: Madeira (1)

1Mentioned in

Machico (cove, harbour and quay) — Dismantled fort above the quay whose esplanade housed a cholera hospital in 1910.

2Chronology

1910
A cholera epidemic struck Madeira, causing about 550 deaths; Dr Carlos França was sent to direct sanitary services, and the lazaretto and a makeshift hospital at the Machico fort treated patients.