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The Quintas of Madeira

In Search of Madeira’s Vanishing Quintas

by Marjorie Hoare · 2004 edition

An illustrated study of Madeira’s historic quintas — the grand manor-house estates of Funchal built by Portuguese aristocrats and British wine-merchant families — documenting their architecture, history and decline.

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Author
Marjorie Hoare
Edition year
2004
Publisher
Francisco Ribeiro
Language
English
ISBN-13
9789729177385

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