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		<title>Residence of the Consulate</title>
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Both buildings are in hilltops facing the Praya grande as it was a tradition    in Macau for Public buildings or wealthy merchants.
The Consul Residence (top) was the former Belavista, which means &#8220;beautiful    view&#8221;, was part of the chain of Mandarin hotel group. Was built in 1870&#8217;s    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Paul College</title>
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Mater of God Church  Bell Tower Procuratoria of Japan Rooms and workshops Japanese Seminary The ruins of St. Paul College are the paradigmatic monument of the first          encounter between China and the West, focused in mixenization of cultures        [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilau Square</title>
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Lilau Square was in the frontier ridge between the western city and the Chinese    quarter that sprawled from here trough the beach formed by the Inner Harbor.
Example of this interaction in the ridge between the two cultures is the house    of the Mandarin (please see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taipa Fortress</title>
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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 faÃ§ade that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guia Chapel &amp; Lighthouse</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macau Maginot Line</title>
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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&#8217;s a Maginot type    of low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macau Maginot Line</title>
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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&#8217;s a Maginot type    of low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macau Maginot Line</title>
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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&#8217;s a Maginot type    of low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historical Center</title>
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Map of the pedestrian circuit of `&#8217;Senado Square&#8221; has    to be linked to the Cathedral Square as they share the same historical ambience.
From the CamÃµes garden until Barra fortress, the historical    nucleus had to be considered as a heritage unity, that characterize Macao as    an historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macau Tower</title>
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The Lotus flower is the symbol of the modern Metropolis of Macau    that retrieves her energy from the deep legacy inherited from the past five    centuries.
Now between her two new lakes, another Lotus, shining in metal, has risen from    the dust and mud, reaching the blue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praya Grande</title>
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Praya Grande in the 19th century 
Beginning as a relatively small fishing village in the 16th century, Macao    has become by the end of the 20th century,    an impressive cosmopolitan and multiracial city-state.
During this long period there was a mutual cultural and technological influence    which was [...]]]></description>
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