The city of Funchal, capital of the Island of Madeira, will celebrate its centennial as city in August 2008. Funchal was the first city to be designated as such, within the vast dominiumof the Portuguese Discoveries. This deignation complied with its development as a consequence of the thriving cultivation of sugar as well as the presence of many foreigners living on the island, who were involved in commerce. Funchal had therefore been acknowledge as being an important trading centre in the North Atlantic, end the headquarters of a large Bishop's Diocese that was spiritually responsabile for the new territories on shores of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This call is a special used to conmemorate this event. We will have anexibition station mounted in the city Pear, near the Funchal Marina. All the visitors are wellcome.

Este Indicativo Especial vai estar activo para as Comemorações dos 500 Anos da Cidade do Funchal, que tem o seu ponto alto no dia 21 e Agosto de 2008. A estação estará montada no cais da Cidade com uma pequena exposição sobre o Radioamadorismo e sobre os 500 anos da Cidade do Funchal. Todos o visitantes serão bem vindos.