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Macau Government Headquarters 政府总部Zhèngfǔ Zǒngbù
Classified heritage · Macau, Macau
- Time needed
- 15 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Macau
- Region
- Macau
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Classified heritage
About Macau Government Headquarters
A two-storey pink building of 1849 in Portuguese style, built as the Palácio do Cercal for a nobleman and used as the governor's office from 1884. It has a wing on each side and a winding corridor along the upper floor, and stands well back in a garden. On 19 December 1999 the last Portuguese governor lowered the Portuguese flag here at the start of the handover of administration to China, and it is now the headquarters of the Macau government.
How to get to Macau Government Headquarters
Only the exterior can be seen, from Avenida da Praia Grande, about 0.4 km south-south-west of Senado Square.
Nearby
- Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 under 10 km
Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: St. Lawrence's Church 圣老楞佐堂（风顺堂） (under 10 km), Streets of the Old Christian Quarter 龙嵩正街至妈阁斜巷街道 (under 10 km), Moosa Houses 穆萨家族房屋 (under 10 km), St. Joseph's Seminary and Church 圣若瑟修院及圣堂 (under 10 km), Dom Pedro V Theatre 岗顶剧院 (under 10 km), St. Augustine's Square 岗顶前地 (under 10 km).
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