Map of the pedestrian circuit of `’Senado Square” has to be linked to the Cathedral Square as they share the same historical ambience.
From the Camões garden until Barra fortress, the historical nucleus had to be considered as a heritage unity, that characterize Macao as an historical western city.
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 and clear skies. Macau Tower was born.
In respecting the balance between tradition and technology, Macau is a fortunate city because it possesses both strong tradition and high technology.
The Tower will enhance the riverside use of the city, and will launch a taste and challenge toward modernity in the beginning of the new millennium. These technological assets can be compared with the old Light House and the foreign ancient ships that anchored in Macau throughout the centuries.
Macau Tower
Tower Facts
1 Billion HKD
400-km/h wind speed tested resistance.
90 cm swing (observation deck) during typhoon scale 8\10
10th Tallest tower (fss) in the world, 338 meters tall
90 meters telecommunications mast
Shaft diameter varies from 16 to12 m.
50 seconds by lift to public viewing platform at 220 meters.
55Km range for views
1,000 persons maximum capacity
58,000 tons total weight, 38.000 tons above the raft
foundational dish.
22,000 cubic meters of concrete
26km of electrical cable and 8.5km of lift rope.
0 energy transmission for lightning discharge.
0 casualties during construction. dy
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 beneficial, in the general balance, to both sides, Chinese and Western. Macao was the sucessful scenario for the first encouter.
The old predominant “image”of Macao was the “Praia Grande” (long beach) where a row of dignified western houses, extended along 700 yards in a pleasant promenade covered with trees paralel to the crescent shape of the bay.
The Chinese city was located toward the Inner Harbour and the surrounding streets of the western urban nucleus.
Macao’s architecture is mainly influenced by the West, due to the fact that it was a Portuguese settlement for almost 450 years.
One can depict Macao´s old urbanism and architecture surviving as an island amidst the sea of Asian practices.
This urban distinctiveness gives Macao a specific cultural identity that deeply ingrained in the lives of its people and its visitors.
In other words, Macao’s architecture gives the city a particular “image” that influence the development and modelling of its special outlook and identity, making this place a natural destination for the cultural tourism.