Associação do Caminho Real da Madeira

Associação do Caminho Real da Madeira is a Portuguese non-profit organization founded in 2017 dedicated to defending and promoting historic routes that preserve the island's cultural, architectural, and natural heritage across urban, rural, and forest settings.

• History: The group formally established itself on February 17, 2017, to honor pre-republican roads built by governors or captains-general as vital terrestrial alternatives to maritime connections.
• Services: It organizes cultural, pedagogical, scientific, sporting, recreational, and social activities designed to engage the community with these historic paths.
• Industries: The association focuses on sectors including historical preservation, ethnography, architecture, and nature conservation within Madeira's unique landscape.

The organization seeks to highlight the immense difficulty of constructing infrastructure on an island from scratch while celebrating collective memory.