Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
4 ALMIRANTE LACERDA
( Mercado Almirante Lacerda; cnr Avs do Almi-rante Lacerda & Horta e
Costa; 7.30am-7.30pm)
An art deco 'Red Market' housing a wet market.
CHURCH OF ST DOMINIC
( Igreja de São Domingos; Largo de São Domingos; 10am-6pm; 3, 6)
This lovely 17th-century baroque church occupies the site of a convent built by
the Spanish Dominicans in 1587. It contains the
Treasury of Sacred Art
( Tre-
souro de Arte Sacra; admission free; 10am-6pm)
, an Aladdin's cave of ec-
clesiastical art, including dismembered relics and a skull.
Church
ST JOSEPH'S SEMINARY CHURCH
( Capela do Seminario São Jose; Rua do Seminario; 10am-5pm; 9, 16)
One of Macau's most beautiful buildings and the best example of tropicalised
baroque, the church was consecrated in 1758 as part of the Jesuit seminary.
Church
LEAL SENADO
( 163 Av de Almeida Ribeiro; 3, 6)
The 'Loyal Senate' is home to Macau's
main municipal administrative body. If you walk through, there's a peaceful
courtyard and the stately
Senate Library
( 1-7pm)
out the back. Inside, the
IACM Gallery
( 9am-9pm Tue-Sun)
holds well-curated exhibitions.
Notable Building
Southern Macau Peninsula
The southern Macau peninsula features a number of old colonial houses and
baroque churches that are best visited on foot.
MACAU MUSEUM OF ART
Museum
