Quinta Jardim dos Imperadores Gardens was built on Monte in the eighteenth century by James Gordon who created the garden and also a Malakoff tower known as Quinta do Monte. In 1899 the property was bought by banker Rocha Machado, who in 1921 offered temporary residence to Emperor Charles I of Austria and his family. Today this property belongs to the regional government and is named after the Emperor. Quinta dos Emperor Gardens has the magnificent architecture of the Malakoff tower a ringed coffee trees and a colorful rose garden, an idyllic landscape overlooking Funchal.