Poiso pass
The Poiso Pass ( Portuguese : Paso do Poiso ) is a 1,412 meter high passage from Funchal , the capital of the Portuguese region of Madeira , to Faial in the northeast of the island. The pass is used by the ER103 road, from the south the ER203 road also leads to it. At the top of the pass it crosses the ER202 road coming from Ribeiro João Gonçalves, which continues from the top of the pass over 7 kilometers in length to the third highest mountain on the island, the Pico do Arieiro . Six kilometers north of the pass is Ribeiro Frio with a trout breeding station on the edge of the UNESCO World Heritage Laurisilva Forest of Madeira . A few meters from the top of the pass is the Casa de Abrigo do Poiso restaurant in a building erected in 1850 under the then governor José Silvestre Ribeiro as a shelter.
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- ↑ Madeira Story Center (ed.): Madeira - a short story, 2009, p. 49, ISBN 978-989-95535-0-7
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Coordinates: 32 ° 42 ′ 46.5 " N , 16 ° 53 ′ 15.4" W.