Royal visit by d. Carlos and d. Amélia to the parish of monte. (1863-1908) and (1865-1951)
at the head of the couple, the civil governor josé ribeiro da cunha (ii) (1854-1915)
simple negative, glass, gelatin and silver salts, 10. 7 x 8. 2 cm. João antónio bianchi (1862-1928), viscount of vale paraíso (1893), 23 june 1901. Madeira photography museum, atelier vicente’s (vvp 7). Entrance to quinta do pico dos viscounts of cacongo, monte, funchal, madeira island
after a brief stay on the island of porto santo, the kings of portugal, d. Carlos i (1863-1908) and d. Amélia de orleães (1865-1951) arrived in funchal on the afternoon of june 22, 1901 and, during the following three days, had the opportunity to fulfill several official commitments. Among the detailed program prepared by madeiran entities, we highlight the te deum at the cathedral of funchal, the ceremonies at the palácio de são lourenço, the visit to the parish of monte and several farms in the capital of madeira, and the visit to the industrial and agricultural exhibition, on display at campo d. Carlos i (currently campo almirante reis). During this stay, the king was also honored with a 21-gun salute, when he went to the artillery barracks of forte de são tiago, which, like the other spaces where the royal entourage passed, was carefully decorated, boasting an eye-catching and ornate military tent, of which the rings still remain on the flagstone of the middle esplanade. This visit is also marked by an enthusiastic reception from the madeiran population, who, for the first and only time, had the opportunity to receive their majesties. During the event, there were also several photographers who recorded this ephemerality, including vicente gomes da silva júnior who, as a result of the work developed, was awarded the title of “photograph of the portuguese royal house” in 1903. (text from the madeira photography museum – atelier vicente’s marking the 120th anniversary of the royal visit to madeira)
d. Carlos (1863-1908). Son of d. Luís i and d. Maria pia de sabóia, he came to distinguish himself, in addition to being a king, as a painter and scientist. Having started painting in 1889, he reached a very good quality, especially in his watercolor works, his master being the spanish watercolorist enrique casanova. As a scientist, he distinguished himself in his oceanographic explorations, aboard the yacht d. Amélia, works that were then somewhat fashionable in some european courts. Receiving a heavy political and governmental inheritance, soon undermined at the beginning of his reign with the issue of the english ultimatum to the pink map, the situation continued to worsen and lead, in 1908, to his assassination and that of the crown prince d. Luís filipe next to praça do comércio, in lisbon, when the royal family returned from vila viçosa. D. Maria amélia de orleães (twickenham, england, 28 september 1865; versailles, 25 october 1951) was the daughter of luís filipe alberto, count of paris and duke of orleans and maria isabel francisca de assis, infanta of spain, having married on 21 june 1886 with prince d. Carlos de bragança (1863-1908) and, shortly before, entered portugal through the pampilhosa station, coming from zaragoza. Of high culture, drawing and painting, like d. Carlos, with a certain ease for the time, he came to develop an important role in the portuguese court, due to which he founded the coach museum and the lisbon zoo. In recent years, especially with the assassination of d. Carlos and d. Luís filipe, she has become closed in on a certain dramatic religiosity and maternal protectionism that have not made it easier for her son, d. Manuel ii, to remain on the throne. Date: 23 June 1901.
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