The Border Gate, or Portas do Cercoby Dr Stuart BragaOriginally published in the Casa de Macau Australia News Vol 28 Issue 3, July 2014Click on an image to see it in full size. The boundary between Macau and what is commonly called the Mainland is now defined by tall buildings and a well-organised border post, some 3 km […]
Guia – fortress, chapel and lighthouseby Stuart Braga Macau in 1835. This picture appeared in Anders Ljungstedt’s book. The three hills are Guia on the right, Monte Fort in the centre and Penha on the left.More than 300 years ago as mariners approached Macau the first glimpse they had of this tiny European outpost in
MONTE FORT by Dr Stuart BragaOriginally published in Casa de Macau Australia News, April 2014, Vol 27 Issue 3The original name of the fort was Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo, in English: Fortress of Our Lady of the Mount of St. Paul. The name suggests a religious origin. So indeed it
Our Bairro O Nosso Bairro Jorge Remedios (First published in the UMA News Bulletin circa 1999) (Publicado pela primeira vez no boletim informativo da UMA por volta de 1999) The bairro was an area of cheap housing in Macau constructed for low-income workers in the years before the Second World War. As was true of
SÃO PAULOMacau’s most famous landmark is the façade of the Church of the Mother of God (Madre de Deus), which is today commonly called (St Paul’s church). It is all that is left of what was once the outstanding baroque structure of Eastern Asia. An earlier church was first constructed on the site in 1580,
Jesuit Report on the Madre de Deus church, 1644The newly-built church is described in a 1644 report:Alms were given this year to crown the main façade of this Church, which is all of carved stone in a Roman manner. From top to bottom it has three orders of columns with their pedestals, six arched niches
SPauloJesuitReport Read More »