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Also known for the Tojo pier, it was built in 1848 by the Ponta do Sol City Council, according to a project by the engineer captain Tibério Augusto Blanc. It was opened on September 9, 1849.

Due to the fact that Duke Maximiliano de Leuchtenberg, prince of Eichtedt, made a monetary donation to the locality, on his visit, September 22, 1849, the City Council gave the wharf the name “Cais do Duke de Luxembourg”, designation that has not reached the present time.

In 1867 and 1874 the lateral platforms for access to the sea were built, located, respectively, to the east and west. Throughout the structure, regional stone was used, such as basalt, stonework and rolled pebbles, with an ample round arch that joins the coastal escarpment to the pier. Prior to the entrance of the pier, there is an old prison, carved in the rock, and the guardhouse, located on the border.

Until the middle of the 20th century, was the widest and safest pier on the entire southwest of Madeira. The village of Ponta do Sol, as the county, contributed to making this pier the second most important in Madeira, until the beginning of the 19th century, with an annual movement of approximately 8000 tons of agricultural and food products, and in 1947, for example, handled 25798 passengers.

Text and photographic: Paulo Ladeira.

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