Travel Reference
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Sino-American treaty was signed at a round stone table in the temple's terraced gardens in
1844.
GARDENS
LUÍS DE CAMÕES GARDEN & GROTTO
8A, 17, 26)
This relaxing garden with dappled meandering paths is dedicated to the one-eyed poet Luís
de Camões (1524-80), who is said to have written part of his epic
Os Lusíadas
in Macau,
though there is little evidence that he ever reached the city. You'll see a bronze bust (c 1886)
of the man here. The wooded garden attracts a fair number of chess players, bird owners and
Chinese shuttlecock kickers. The
Sr Wong Ieng Kuan Library
(, Praça de Luís de Camões
HISTORIC BUILDING
CASA GARDEN
during exhibitions 9.30am-6pm Mon-Fri; 8A, 17, 26)
Sitting quietly east of the Luís de Camões Garden is this beautiful colonial villa built in
1770. It was the headquarters of the British East India Company when it was based in Ma-
cau in the early 19th century. Today it's the headquarters of the Oriental Foundation, and in-
ing exhibitions 9.30am-6pm Mon-Fri; 8A, 17, 26)
, that mounts interesting art exhibitions.
CHURCH
CHURCH OF ST ANTHONY
7.30am-5.30pm; 8A, 17, 26)
Next to the roundabout outside Casa Garden, St Anthony's, built from 1558 to 1608, is one
of Macau's oldest churches, and the Jesuits' earliest headquarters. The local Portuguese used
to hold wedding ceremonies here, hence the church's name in Cantonese: Fa Vong Tong
(Church of Flowers).
CEMETERY
OLD PROTESTANT CEMETERY
8.30am-5.30pm; 8A, 17, 26)
As church law forbade the burial of non-Catholics on hallowed ground, this cemetery was
established in 1821 as the last resting place of (mostly Anglophone) Protestants. Among
those interred here are Irish-born artist George Chinnery (1774-1852), and Robert Morrison
