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Mount Fortress 大炮台Dà Pàotái
Classified heritage · Macau, Macau
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Macau
- Region
- Macau
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Classified heritage
About Mount Fortress
The Jesuit-built fortress (Fortaleza do Monte) of 1617–1626 crowns Mount Hill above the Ruins of St Paul's. It was the city's main defence work, built to watch over the city in all directions, and helped hold off the Dutch attack of 1622. Its thick walls, 9 metres high and 3.7 metres wide at the base, have parapets for 32 cannon and now enclose a garden, the Macau Museum and a gallery in a former underground ammunition cellar that covers the history of Macau's fortresses.
How to get to Mount Fortress
On Mount Hill, a short walk east of the Ruins of St Paul's; the Mount Fortress Corridor escalators link it to Tap Seac 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: Macau Museum 澳门博物馆 (under 10 km), Travessa de S. Paulo 大三巴巷 (under 10 km), Archaeological Pit Display Area, Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro 高园街大坑遗迹 (under 10 km), Building at No. 2, Company of Jesus Square 耶稣会纪念广场2号房屋 (under 10 km), Ruins of St. Paul's 大三巴牌坊 (under 10 km), Company of Jesus Square 耶稣会纪念广场 (under 10 km).
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