Senado Square, Macau

The famous Largo do Senado, which is part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site

This is a photo of the Senado Square taken from 7 Leal Senado.

This famous square in the historic center of Macau is called "Largo do Senado" in Portuguese and 議事亭前地 (pronounced as Yìshì Tíngqiándì) in Chinese. It's really a beautiful place, full of historic buildings. This spot really has a feel and an ambience of a Portuguese city. There's many restaurants and shops, you even have a McD and Starbuck's at very prestigious locations. This is the place to be in Macau. It's really full of people most of the day. There's few locals and many foreign workers (mostly Filipinos) and tourists (mostly from Chinese mainland). People take tons of photos, but who could blame them. I took quite many myself. But taking photos during the day is not an easy task, because someone will always stand in your way, the mass of tourists is just unbelievable. So I took the effort and went on Senado Square in the early morning, around 7.45 and people just begun to flood the square. The photos came out very well and I want share them with you. I made a map which should help you to get a better orientation of the whole square. It's actually not that big, more like long and stretched, something like a funnel and ending at the famous and beautiful St. Dominic's church. Enjoy my photos!

Map for your orientation. The numbers here match the numbers of the photos below.

1 The "Pink Building": No idea, what is the name of this building, but it looks nice.

2 The fountain in the middle.

3 The General Post Office (you can send greeting cards here, it's very easy).

4 Holy House of Mercy: Built in 16th century, used to be a medical clinic (source).

5 Macau Business Tourism Centre: This building looks more beautiful at night.

6 The Portuguese pavement: One of the most significant Portuguese legacies in Macau.

A view of the pavement from a restaurant (first floor).

7 Leal Senado, the white building at the end. Photo taken from the other side (more).

8 St. Dominic's church: One of the most famous buildings in Macau.

I also made some great photos of the Senado Square at night, around 23h. There wasn't much people around there and since my girlfriend's camera is really good, the photos came out very well. If you're interested, check...

My photos of the Senado Square at night here>>

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[Links: My big Macau map][All photos by MKL, 2010]