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( Calcada da Igreja de Sao Lazaro;
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7, 8)
A lovely neighbourhood
with quiet houses and cobbled streets. Artists, designers and independents
have been setting up shop here over the last few years.
The
St Lazarus Church District Creative Industries Promotion Associ-
ation
(
www.cipa.org.mo
)
lines up tenants and organises the weekly
Sun
site for updates.
If You Like...
Macau Architecture
If you liked the Ruins of the Church of St Paul (
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) and Mandarin's House (
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), there's an invigorating selection of building styles in Macau, ranging
from handsome libraries to art deco classics.
1 SIR ROBERT HO TUNG LIBRARY
( 2837 7117; 3 Largo de St Agostinho; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat,
11am-7am Sun; )
This stunner comprises a 19th-century villa and a
glass and steel extension rising above a back garden, with Piranesi-like
bridges shooting out between the two.
2 PIER 8
(8 Rua do Dr Lourenco Pereira Marquez)
A fine example of Chinese mod-
ernism in grey, 50 paces south of Macau Masters Hotel; best views are
Sul; )
next door.
3 EAST ASIA HOTEL
( cnr Rua do Guimares & Rua da Madeira)
Chinese art deco in mint green;
it's a little shabby, very chic.
