Taipa Fortress 氹仔炮台Dàngzǎi Pàotái

About Taipa Fortress

A small hillside fort built in 1846 to defend against pirates, later a summer residence of the governor of Macau and, from 1975, the police station of the islands. It has small cannons at its entrance and around its walls, barracks with corridors facing the old shoreline, two sentry posts and a cylindrical building at the rear that was once an ammunition store. Today it is the headquarters of the Macau Scout Association, and the ground around it is laid out as a rest area.

How to get to Taipa Fortress

Beside Jardim do Cais in north-west Taipa, about 0.2 km south-east of Ocean light rail station. The buildings are used by the Macau Scouting Association, so only the exterior and the surrounding rest area can be seen.

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: Old Taipa Pier 原氹仔码头旧址 (under 10 km), Pou Tai Sin Un 菩提禅院 (under 10 km), Pak Tai Temple, Taipa 氹仔北帝庙 (under 10 km), Museum of Taipa and Coloane History 路氹历史馆 (under 10 km), Camões Square and the Old Streets, Taipa Village 嘉妹前地及周边街巷 (under 10 km), Tin Hau Temple, Taipa 氹仔天后宫 (under 10 km).

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