List of historic buildings and structures in Macau
The following is an incomplete list of historical buildings and structures in Macau.
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15th century[]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Source | Location | Image |
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A-Ma Temple | 1488; 1828 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=212 | St. Lawrence Parish |
16th century[]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Source | Location | Image |
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Fortaleza do Monte | 16th century | Portuguese army | St. Anthony Parish | ||
St. Dominic's Church | 1550s | Cathedral Parish | |||
Camões Grotto | mid-16th century | Portuguese poet Luis de Camões | Inside | ||
St. Lazarus’ Church | 1557–1560 | ||||
Holy House of Mercy | 1569 | Largo do Senado | |||
Old Macau City Walls Sections | 1569 | Beside Na Tcha Temple, near | |||
Cathedral of Saint Paul | 1582 | Portuguese Jesuits | St. Anthony Parish | ||
1591 | Spanish Augustinians |
17th century[]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Source | Location | Image |
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Monte Fort House | 1617–1626 | Portuguese Jesuits | St. Lazarus Parish | ||
Guia Fortress | 1622–1638 | St. Lazarus Parish | |||
1622 | Penha Hill | ||||
1622–1629 | |||||
Kun Iam Temple (Pou Chai Temple) | 1627 | Nossa Senhora de Fátima | |||
Holy House of Mercy | 1637 | ||||
Casa Gardens | 1670s |
18th century[]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Source | Location | Image |
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1720s | |||||
1723 | |||||
1740 | Macau | ||||
St. Joseph's Seminary and Church | 1746–1758 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=226 | |||
Sam Kai Vui Kun (Kuan Tai Temple) | 1750 | ||||
Casa Garden in | 1770 | Macau | |||
Leal Senado | 1784 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=231 | Cathedral Parish |
19th century[]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Source | Location | Image |
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1814 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=230 | Macau | |||
1836–1895 | |||||
1837 | Macau | ||||
1846 ; original 1560 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=225 | ||||
Taipa Fortress | 1846 | northwestern Taipa | |||
Macau Government House | 1846 | 6 Estrada de Santa Sancha | |||
Macau Government Headquarters | 1849 | ||||
1849–1850, built 1622 with tapia (soil and straw) and restored 1780 | |||||
1852 | |||||
1859, 1883 | , | ||||
Dom Pedro V Theatre | 1860 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=228 | São Lourenço | ||
1860 | |||||
Tam Kung Temple | 1862 | Coloane island | |||
Mong-Há Fort | 1864; original 1849 | ||||
1865 | |||||
Guia Lighthouse | 1865 | ||||
1867 | |||||
1871 | , Taipa (near the University of Macao) | ||||
Portas do Cerco | 1871 | border area of Macau with Zhuhai in Our Lady of Fatima Parish | |||
Macau Military Club-Macau Security Forces Museum | 1872 | ||||
Moorish Barracks | 1874 | Cassuto | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=213 | ||
1875 | Macau | ||||
1875–1905 | |||||
Opium House | 1880 | Praça de Ponte de Horta | |||
1881; 1907 | On the hill of the | ||||
Mandarin's House | 1881 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=215 | Macau | ||
1885 | Taipa | ||||
Na Tcha Temple | 1888 | Near St. Paul's Ruins | |||
1889 | |||||
Lou Kau Mansion | 1889 | Macau | |||
Sir Robert Ho Tung Library -former home of Dona Carolina Cunha | 1894 | http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/mwhE.asp?id=229 | |||
Macau Central Library | 1895 | ||||
1898 | |||||
(present Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau) | late 19th Century | , Taipa |
20th century[]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Source | Location | Image |
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Sun Yat Sen Memorial House | 1912 | São Lázaro | |||
Tak Seng On pawnshop | 1917 | ||||
Coloane Public Library | 1917 | Coloane | |||
Tap Seac Gallery | 1920s | ||||
Taipa Houses–Museum | 1921 | Taipa | |||
Macau Protestant Chapel | 1922 | ||||
original Banco Nacional Ultramarino Building | 1926 | Macau | |||
1929 | |||||
1930 | |||||
Red Market (building) | 1936 | Intersection of and | |||
1937 | |||||
Court Building, Macau – served as government offices and Court of First Instance of the Macao Special Administrative Region; now future home of Macau Central Library | 1951 |
References[]
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