Macau - City of Sin - Day 4 (7th Sep 2008)


Day 4, the last day we are in Macau, since we still have sometime to spare, we are going back to Choi Heong Yuen at Ruins of St. Paul's to get some Portuguese egg tarts. The egg tarts that we are going to buy can only be kept for two days, so we only get it before we on board the flight.

When we got down from the taxi, we realized that the Macau Museum and Mount Fortress is just beside the Ruins of St. Paul's, where we did not discover at all on our first day to Ruins of St. Paul's!

Scenes from the Mount Fortress






Built in conjunction with the Jesuits from 1617 to 1626, this was the city’s principal military defence structure, and was crucial in successfully holding off the attempted Dutch invasion of Macao in 1622.
The fortress was equipped with cannons, military barracks, wells and an arsenal that held sufficient ammunition and supplies to endure a siege lasting up to two years. In 1998 the Macao Museum was installed at the site, consisting of two underground levels and a third one above the fortress’ top platform following the location, volume and design of the old military barracks that existed at the site before the area was demilitarized in 1965.
The designs of military structures in Macao inspired the southern Chinese authorities to start building fortresses of a similar kind to defend their extensive coastline.














Macau Airport






Sunset views




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