The old Taipa Fortress was built in 1847 by the Lieutenant Silva Loureiro in the western tip of Taipa Island for protection against pirate raids over merchant ship that prey for booty over the prosperous sea trade in the Pearl River. The columns are part of the fake façade that was added afterwards, built probably, [...]

The chapel of Our Lady of Guia was built in 1622 in the highest point of the Macau peninsula. The need of this fortress was apparent after the first Dutch attack to the city. The Feast of the patron of this chapel is the 5th of August. This high point give the alarm, ringing the [...]

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 profile surface shape, well camouflaged system defense was [...]