If you need challenges for the weekend, accept this one, for it isn’t every day.
Solar do Ribeirinho, in Machico, receives, until next Sunday, the exhibit “memories of 25 de Abril in the Machico council”.
The exhibit analyses the events and the popular movements that took place in the volatile period of Madeira’s and Portugal’s recent history, it’s context, and the role of the Centro de Informação Popular de Machico (CPIM – Machico Popular Information Centre) in the diffusion and acceptance of the revolution’s ideals in Machico and Madeira.
The exhibit is the work of the former president of both the civil parish and council of Machico, Bernardo Martins, based on the research for the dissertation he produced for the conclusion of his regional and local studies masters’ at the University of Madeira. The theme was the Centro de Informação Popular de Machico – a dynamizing centre for the 25 de Abril.
The exhibit is part of the Council Day celebrations, and remembers one of the most important episodes of the history of Machico.
