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University Hall, University of Hong Kong 香港大学大学堂Xiānggǎng Dàxué Dàxuétáng
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About University Hall, University of Hong Kong
A castle-like building on a hill in Pok Fu Lam, built around 1861 by the Scottish businessman Douglas Lapraik as 'Douglas Castle' and later owned by the Paris Foreign Missions Society as 'Nazareth'. It blends Tudor, Gothic and Renaissance Revival styles, with colonnaded verandahs, Tudor arches, embattled parapets and corner towers. The University of Hong Kong bought it in 1954, and it has been a men's hall of residence since 1956.
How to get to University Hall, University of Hong Kong
Only the exterior can be seen, as the building is a hall of residence; it stands on Pok Fu Lam Road about 2.3 km south of HKU MTR station, with buses along that road.
Nearby
- Victoria Peak 太平山顶 under 10 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 under 10 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 20 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride - Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 60 km
Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart
Also within 20 km: The Bethanie 伯大尼修院 (under 10 km), Historic Structures of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir 薄扶林水塘历史构筑物 (under 10 km), Cyberport 数码港 (under 10 km), Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge 旧总督山顶别墅守卫室 (under 10 km), Monopoly Dreams 香港大富翁梦想世界 (under 10 km), Madame Tussauds Hong Kong 香港杜莎夫人蜡像馆 (under 10 km).
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