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Leal Senado Building 市政署大楼Shìzhèngshǔ Dàlóu
Classified heritage · Macau, Macau
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Macau
- Region
- Macau
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Classified heritage
About Leal Senado Building
Macau's original city hall of 1784, still the seat of the municipal affairs bureau, on Senado Square, with a name (Loyal Senate) taken from a title given by the Portuguese king in 1654. The neoclassical building has a granite-columned entrance, blue-and-white tile panels by the main staircase and a courtyard garden at the back, with a council chamber, a small chapel and a carved library modelled on that of the Mafra Convent on the first floor. The IAM Gallery in the lobby shows art and cultural exhibitions when one is on, and the courtyard garden can be visited.
How to get to Leal Senado Building
On Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro facing Senado Square, with a bus stop on the avenue.
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: Sam Kai Vui Kun (Kuan Tai Temple) 三街会馆 (under 10 km), General Post Office Building 邮政总局 (under 10 km), Holy House of Mercy 仁慈堂大楼 (under 10 km), St. Augustine's Church 圣奥斯定教堂 (under 10 km), Former Court Building 原法院大楼 (under 10 km), Banco Nacional Ultramarino Building 大西洋银行大楼 (under 10 km).
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