# Funchal (Madeira, Portugal), Rua de Santa Maria 39 -- 2025 -- 0831

- By: Dietmar Rabich
- Date: Taken on 14 November 2025, 09:55
- Classification: Painting
- Credit line: Self-photographed
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Funchal_(Madeira,_Portugal),_Rua_de_Santa_Maria_39_--_2025_--_0831.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Funchal_%28Madeira%2C_Portugal%29%2C_Rua_de_Santa_Maria_39_--_2025_--_0831.jpg/1920px-Funchal_%28Madeira%2C_Portugal%29%2C_Rua_de_Santa_Maria_39_--_2025_--_0831.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Artistically designed front door “Rua de Santa Maria 39” (The arT of oPEn doORs), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal The project “artE das pORtas Abertas” in Rua de Santa Maria and its side streets in Funchal is an art project by various artists that aims to open doors to art and culture. These art interventions take into account all visual arts, from painting and photography to writing. The project was initiated by artist José Maria Montero Zyberchema and former Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture João Carlos Abreu. The first door to undergo an intervention was number 207 on Rua de Carreira in Funchal by Martinho Mendes on August 20, 2010. The first door in Rua Santa Maria was painted on April 6, 2011, by artist Mark Milewski at number 77, which took him more than a month to complete. However, the first artistic intervention was started and completed by Gonçalo Martins in Rua Santa Maria nos. 81 to 83 on April 9, 2011.