1. Ruins of St. Paul's. Ruins of St. Paul's is located in the inclined harbor of Ruins of St. Paul's on the Macau Peninsula. It is the remains of the front wall of St. Paul's Church. It is adjacent to the Fortress and the Macau Museum on the right. It has a history of more than 350 years and is one of the more popular places in Macau.
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"Samba" is the transliteration of "Saint Paul", and because the remains on the front wall of the church look like a traditional archway, it is called Ruins of St. Paul's.
When visiting the Ruins of St. Paul's, in addition to appreciating the majestic front wall, you should also pay attention to the exquisite reliefs and their meanings on the arch (front wall).
After visiting the archway, you can visit the Catholic Art Museum in the inner square. The museum collects representative paintings and sculptures from Macao churches and monasteries. The most precious among them are a group of oil paintings with religious life as the theme.
Oriental ancient oil painting.
The tomb next door also stores the remains of Japanese and Vietnamese martyrs, showing the religious history of Macau.
2. Macau Tourist Tower Macau Tourist Tower is located in Lot 1, Area D, Nanwan New Reclamation Area, covering an area of ??13,363 square meters.
In the first phase, a Macau Observation Tower with a height of about 338 meters will be built, and in the second phase, an entertainment center will be built.
Macau's new landmark building, the Macau Observation Tower, costs a total of 1 billion patacas. The Macau Observation Tower integrates sightseeing, conferences and entertainment and is one of the top ten observation towers in the world.
The top floor of the observation tower is a large revolving restaurant, overlooking the scenery of Australia.
Standing on the sightseeing gallery of the tower, you can have a panoramic view of Macau and Zhuhai. On a clear day, you can see Hong Kong's Lantau Island.
3. Thean Hou Temple in Macau Thean Hou Temple in Macau was just completed on October 4, 2003. It took 2 and a half years and cost 200 million Macau patacas.
It is located on Die Shitang Mountain on Coloane Island, Macau, covering an area of ??nearly 7,000 square meters. It is the largest temple in Macau so far.
4. St. Lawrence Church St. Lawrence Church, commonly known as Feng Shun Church, is one of the three oldest churches in Macau.
Located on Feng Shun Tong Street, directly opposite Macau Salesian Secondary School.
5. The Historic Center of Macau The Historic Center of Macau or the Historic Old Town of Macau (formerly known as the Macau Historic Building Group) is composed of 22 buildings on the Macau Peninsula of Macau and 8 adjacent frontiers. It has a historical center with the old city as the core.
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6. University of Macau The birth of the University of Macau can be traced back to March 1981.
At that time, Ricci Island West Limited received land lease from the Macau government and founded Macau's first university, the private East Asia University, which was the predecessor of the University of Macau.
The establishment of East Asia University marked the beginning of modern higher education in Macau.
The University of Macau already has a complete teaching system, including the School of Business Administration, the School of Social and Human Sciences, the School of Science and Technology, the School of Law, the School of Education, the Preparatory Course Center and the Center for Off-Campus Courses and Special Programs.
7. Fulong New Street, Macau Fulong New Street was the "men's entertainment street" in the old days. It gathered brothels, restaurants, and smoking rooms. It was a place for people to indulge in life and death.
The Macau government implemented the "City Appearance Improvement Plan" and listed the old buildings in this area as key cultural relics, and allocated a huge sum of money for reconstruction. The entire street retains many two-story late Qing buildings, with bright red canopies and awnings.
, The style of the flowered windows and doors is still the same, and it contrasts well with the gray walls, giving it a very antique feel. It has become the most pedestrian-friendly street in Macau. It also has many restaurants gathered there, giving it a different style.
8. The Macao Peninsula was the earliest developed. It is located in the urban area of ??Macao and is the administrative, economic, transportation and cultural center of Macao. Most of the population and industry and commerce are concentrated here.
The peninsula is shaped like a boot, running from northeast to southwest. Only the northeast end is connected to Zhuhai City by a land about 240 meters wide.
The long axis is about 4 kilometers long from the border gate in the northeast to the semicircular area (Mage mouth) in the southwest. The short axis running northwest to southeast is about 2.5 kilometers long from the Shali Tou seaside to the southeast corner of the latest reclamation area of ??the new port.
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9. Macau Guanyin Temple Macau Guanyin Temple is famous not only for its long history, but also for being the place where the Treaty of Wangxia between China and the United States was signed.
The Zen Yuan is an ancient Chinese Buddhist building with the characteristics of famous ancient temples in China. The first hall of the Zen Yuan is the Mahavira Hall, the second hall is the Longevity Buddha Hall, and the main hall at the back is the Guanyin Hall.
10. The Venetian Hotel The Venetian Macao (Resort-Hotel) is a Venetian resort invested by the Las Vegas Sands Group of the United States, with an investment of approximately 20 billion yuan. This resort establishment pursues a diversified business philosophy.
There are 3,000 luxurious guest rooms and large-scale entertainment, convention and exhibition, shopping, sports, variety shows and leisure facilities. Among them, the convention and exhibition venue covering an area of ??110,000 square meters is bound to become a competitor of Hong Kong.
11. Senado Square is located opposite the headquarters of the Civil Affairs Bureau. The entire square is paved with gravel in a wave shape. The nearby roads have been designated as pedestrian areas and there are benches around, so people like to gather here.
Chat and relax.
In the center of the square stands a fountain, which is also the symbol of the place.
Today, a celestial globe symbolizing the Portuguese maritime expedition is placed on the fountain. At night, the lighting effects add color to the Senado Square area.
There are many shops here, and it has been a prosperous commercial district from the past to the present. There are many souvenir shops with local characteristics.