List of historic buildings and structures in Macau

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The following is an incomplete list of historical buildings and structures in Macau.

15th century[]

Building Year Completed Builder Source Location Image
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
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
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
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
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
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

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