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Cliff Andrade

My Scholarship entry - Saudade

Severe flooding has been one consequence of this poorly considered development. A lonely decapitated pylon is all that remains of what was once an area of houses.

PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 12 November 2014 | Views [317] | View Larger Image

Severe flooding has been one consequence of this poorly considered development. A lonely decapitated pylon is all that remains of what was once an area of houses.

What I discovered as I travelled searching for my own heritage was an island struggling in a desperate search for its own identity. Following EU accession and the money it brought with it, vast construction projects were undertaken to modernise Madeira. But much was poorly planned and considered, bulldozering through the island's unique traditions and ecology as it went.

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In 2008, when the global recession hit, EU money stopped flowing in overnight. Madeira was plunged into a deep recession. Many of the construction projects have lain abandoned since, unfinished and unused.

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