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Ruins of St Paul's 3  
   

Ruins of St Paul's 3

A good example of "East meet West". (The temple is dedicated to Ne Zha, a Chinese god with 3 heads & 6 arms, and is located right beside the ruins of St Paul's. On the left of Ne Zha Temple, not shown in this photo, is a section of the old city walls, built as early as 1569 to defend the Portuguese settlement.)
Macau - so lovely, that I visited the city 3 times in 2006!

January 15th 2007
Macau became a colony of Portugal after the Portuguese reached Macau in the early 1550s. On 20th Dec 1999, Macau was returned to China, and ever since, Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Prior to 2006, the last time I visited Macau was in 1997 with my family and grandma. We only spent 3 hours in Macau, as we were on our way from Zhuhai to Hong Kong. It ... read more
Asia » Macau

Chinese Flag Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 2... ... read more
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