Viewpoints

This viewpoint is in the old fort, which in the twentieth century became part of the Portuguese Navy to install the Funchal Radio Telegraphic Station, later renamed the Naval Radio Telegraphic Station of Funchal.

Also associated with the viewpoint, in 2014, the property called Fortaleza de São João was removed from the public military domain and integrated into the private domain of the State with a view to its permanent transfer to the Autonomous Region of Madeira.