Guia Fortress
The fortress was built with the primary responsibility of protecting Macau from attacks that will be coming from the sea. In order to better serve this purpose, this fort was designed to be an observation deck that allows a 360-degree picturesque view of nearby islands and of the ocean. To see the fortress you would have to go to Guia Hill which, at 300 feet above sea level, is considered the highest of the seven hills that one will find in Macau.
Other attractions here include the Our Lady of Guia Chapel, the barracks, the house of the commander, and the Guia Lighthouse. This light that emanates from this lighthouse can reach up to twenty miles. In addition to these attractions, the Guia Fortress is also enveloped with different legends. The most famous of which is the legend of how the Lady of Guia left the chapel inside the Guia Fortress and held off enemy attacks by using her sacred robe as the shield during the time in 1622 when the Dutch tried to raid Macau.
Hotel Bela Vista
Sitting atop Penha Hill, the stately Hotel Bela Vista is one of the most recognized landmarks in the Portuguese colony of Macau, and not just for its architectural beauty, but for its colorful 120-year-old history.
In that time, the building has transformed many times over, from private home, school, and refugee center to modest hotel. In its current lavish and stunning incarnation, the landmark is intentionally intimate and private.
The building stands on the hilltop facing the Praya grande as it was a tradition in Macau for Public buildings or wealthy merchants.
 The Consul Residence, the former Belavista (which means “beautiful view”), was part of the chain of the Mandarin hotel group and was built in 1870’s for a Macanese family.
In 1890, a British navy officer bought the building as a retreat Inn for Hong Kong Expatriates that come to Macau as a place for rest.
From 1917 to 1923 it was used as Liceu, a Macanese high School, and was one of several buildings used as a refugee center during WWII.
Three years after the war it opened as a hotel until 1999 when it become the residence for the Portuguese consul in Macau.
Leal Senado
Originally built in 1784, this was Macao's original municipal chamber, a function it maintains to the present. The name "Leal Senado" ("Loyal Senate"), derives from the title "City of Our Name of God Macao, There is None More Loyal" which was bestowed by Portuguese King D. John IV in 1654, after Portugal regained its independence following 60 years of rule by Spain (1580-1640). During this period, the people of Macao remained loyal to the Portuguese king, who at the time was exiled in Brazil.
The "Leal Senado" Building is neoclassical in design and has retained all its original master walls and primary layout, including the courtyard garden in the back. The main façade is 14.5 metres high and 44 metres wide and is divided into three sections by vertical granite projections. The central section of the main façade juts out slightly from the rest of the building and is topped by a triangular pediment which, at its highest point, is 17 metres above the ground. Granite Doric columns, supporting lintels made of the same material, flank the main entrance.
St Paul's Ruins
Built from 1582 to 1602 by the Jesuits, the cathedral was the largest Catholic church in Asia at the time, and the royalty of Europe vied with each other to bestow upon the cathedral the best gifts. With the decline in importance of Macau, which was overtaken as the main port for the Pearl River Delta by Hong Kong, the cathedral's fortunes similarly ebbed, and it was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon in 1835. The Fortaleza do Monte overlooks the ruin.
The ruins now consist of the southern stone façade — intricately carved between 1620 and 1627 by Japanese Christians in exile from their homeland and local craftsmen under the direction of Italian Jesuit Carlo Spinola — and the crypts of the Jesuits who established and maintained the Cathedral. The façade sits on a small hill, with 66 stone steps leading up to it. The carvings include Jesuit images with Oriental themes, such as a woman stepping on a seven-headed hydra, described by Chinese characters as ' Holy Mother tramples the heads of the dragon'. A few of the other carvings are the founders of the Jesuit Order, the conquest of Death by Jesus, and at the very top, a dove with wings outstretched.
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro is downtown Macau’s main street.
Igreja de Santo Domingo
The Church of Sto. Domingo is one of the most beautiful churches in Macau. You will never miss this yellow and green Church right in the middle of Leal Senado plaza of Macau. It is along a junction of a street and an alleyway bearing the same name.
Sto. Domingo is a baroque Filipino style church built by the Spanish Dominican friars in the mid 16th century. A walkway on the right of the church leads to the sacristy and the Sacred Museum on the upper floors.
They also built next to the church a monastery which does not exist anymore.
The painting of Chinnery at the right shows the plaza in front of the church. This plaza used to be the marketplace.
The Dominicans eventually managed to set up churches in China.
A-Ma Temple
Approximately four hundred years ago the Portuguese landed on a sea promontory near a temple. They asked the local inhabitants the name of the land, but the locals misunderstood, thinking that the Portuguese were asking for the name of the temple. So they answered 'Ma Ge', which was the name of the temple. Later, the Portuguese translated the named into 'Macau' and used it to refer to the land. In actuality, this temple is one of the three famous Buddha halls in Macau- the A-Ma Temple.
The A-Ma Temple, located in the southeast of the Macau Peninsula, is the oldest temple in Macau. It was constructed in the year of 1488 of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to commemorate Mazu, the sacred sea goddess who blesses the fishermen of Macau. It is said that the goddess was called Lin Mo, and that she was born in Putian City, Fujian Province, and was more intelligent than other children her age. She could predict good or ill luck and after her death she often helped merchants and fishermen ward off calamities and turn danger into safety. Now there are a number of folktales about the great goddess narrated in the littoral lands.
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