A nail dating from the time of Christ’s crucifixion has been found at a remote fort believed to have once been a stronghold of the Knights Templar.
The four-inch long nail is thought to be one of thousands used in crucifixions across the Roman empire.
Archaeologists believe it dates from either the first or second century AD.
The [...]

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A nail from the time of Christ’s crucifixion which was hidden by the same knights who featured in The Da Vinci Code has been found in a dig.
The four-inch Roman relic, stored in an ornate box, was uncovered by archaeologists working at a fort thought to have been a former Knights Templar stronghold.
It was buried [...]

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More than a month a group of Arabs visited the Forte São José.
They were excited about their story, told from the discovery of the visit of the island of Madeira.
Visiting the center of rock, Forte São José where they were served a port gold in ceramic bowls, excited by the heat of the nectar and [...]

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O Principado Ilhéu da Pontinha, o país mais pequeno do mundo consagrado segundo as exigências das Nações Unidas com as prerrogativas da Carta Regia passada pelo Rei de Portugal aquando da alienação do ilhéu da Pontinha vendido pelo Estado português e pago conforme documento do respectivo depósito no Banco de Portugal do mesmo ano, sustentado [...]

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It was both a surprise and delight to be invited by Renato Barros to write this preface for his new book. As a long-stay visitor to Madeira I have learned much about the exciting progress here since 1420 and the excellent development in recent decades. Whilst Zarco and Vaz are rightly the pioneering heroes of [...]

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AMOR É FOGO QUE ARDE SEM SE VER, escreveu Luiz de Camões e em realidade o amor é invisível, não é radiografável, não é palpável, mas sente-se, vibra, arde porque é ardente, aquece e por vezes queima.
O amor, esse sentimento que vem da mente, que é sobretudo espiritual, encarnado, atrai, apaixona, perdendo-se na noite dos [...]

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Um dia tive o privilégio de escutar o diálogo entre dois ilhéus através de obsoleto e velho sistema de comunicações, deixado acidentalmente pelo exercito português, aquando da respectiva permanência, tendo aberto as portas ao mundo da ilha grande que fica em frente referidos dois ilhéus.

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Celebrated 500 years (21 August 2008) the city nearest to the Principality of the Islanders Pontinjha these days with major events or in many honors.
We feel however that some historians Portuguese forgotten are some details, may even be deliberate, particularly on the city since the beginning of Funchal city before it was a port and [...]

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Principality of the Pontinha has the honor to invite you, to be present and take part in the ceremony of the 106th anniversary on the 3rd of October 2008. It was on the 3rd of October of 1903 that the possession and acquisition of the sovereignty, being free from Portugal, that took place. The islet [...]

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Reef: International Project Sea 2 /05/2008
The Principality of the Ilheu da Pontinha wishes through his department of Alternative Renewable Energies to issue this Request for Proposal (RFP) regarding the concession of a coastal sea area adjacent to the Ilheu da Pontinha, Western side with the surface of 10 Hectares for exploration and production of Bio [...]

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