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Câmara de Lobos ((:ˈkɐmɐɾɐ ðɨ ˈloβuʃ); literally, (ポルトガル語:chamber of the wolves)) is a municipality, parish and city in the south-central coast of the island of Madeira. Technically a suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population centres and an extension of the Funchal economy. ==History== The location of the modern town is believed to be the original landing point for the Portuguese discoverer João Gonçalves Zarco, who is credited with the discovery of the Madeira Islands. When the explorer disembarked in this area (1419), he observed a thin cliff that extended into the ocean, and another cliff face that formed an amphitheatre-like harbour that could shelter ships from Atlantic storms. There Zarco and his men also found a large colony of marine animals that would become the reason for naming this area ''Câmara de Lobos''.. The name, ''lobos'', is a Portuguese derivation for ''sea-lions'' ((ポルトガル語:lobos-marinhos)), which were the animals discovered by Zarco and his men in the sheltered bay. Because of the large colony of these animals, the area was baptised ''câmara dos lobos''. This was a pejorative term, since ''câmara'' is the Portuguese word for ''municipal chamber'' (sometimes erroneously referred to as the ''city hall'' or ''city council''), and the sailors named the area, literally as, the ''Municipal chamber of (place where there are ) Sea-Lions''. Today, the species of monk seals () are rare, being an animal common to the Mediterranean, but today confined to a small colony on the Desertas Islands.〔Although known as a sea-lion by the early sailors because of its vocalizations, the monk seal is recognized for a wrinkle on its neck, that appears as the hood of a monk, as well as its solitary habits.〕 The municipality was created by ministerial decree on 25 May 1835, and invested in its executive on 4 October 1835. Initially, this administrative division included the parishes of Câmara de Lobos, Curral das Freiras, Estreito de Câmara de Lobos and Campanário, all territorial parts of the Funchal. With many alterations, the newly constituted municipality of Câmara de Lobos operated with those parishes as its core, until Quinta Grande was constituted from sites in the parishes of Campanário and Câmara de Lobos, but maintaining its total area. On 6 May 1914, Campanário is deannexed to the newly created municipality of Ribeira Brava, and on 5 July 1996, the parish of Jardim da Serra was constituted from the higher altitude localities of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos. On 15 September 1994, the parish of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos was elevated to the status of town, while two years later, on 3 August 1996, the village of Câmara de Lobos attained the status of city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Câmara de Lobos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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