Macau fortresses had suffered a constant updating required by the evolution of the artillery firepower. After the trenches system failure in W.W.I., the Maginot and Siegfried line were considered inexpugnable compounds.
In Guia Hill, formerly a military restrict area site, in 1930’s a Maginot type of low [...]

Macau fortresses had suffered a constant updating required by the evolution of the artillery firepower. After the trenches system failure in W.W.I., the Maginot and Siegfried line were considered inexpugnable compounds.
In Guia Hill, formerly a military restrict area site, in 1930’s a Maginot type of low [...]

The old Senate Building clearly visible in the background of this 19th century sketch by George Chinnery. The Misericordia Church (below) had a mediaeval tower.

No other building in the city served as many functions as the [...]