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The view of the city
starts at the Penha
Hill to the left, with
the chapel of Nossa
Senhora da Penha
de França on top,
from which a wall
runs down to the fort
of Nossa Senhora
do Bom Parto,
near the shore.

FIG. 58

Fig. 58 → In 1874, the strongest typhoon recorded in Macao three imposing storeys, each with porches designed
Mam-Took, Correio caused severe damage to the buildings of the city, with round arches, including the ground floor,
e Hotel Macau including the cathedral, whose two domes were was demolished in 1971. Today, a skyscraper of
© Arquivo Histórico destroyed and only reconstructed in the late the Bank of China stands on this site.
Ultramarino, Calçada years of the century. This is confirmed by the lack
da Boa Hora, n. 30, of these architectural features in the church at the A similar representation of the Praia Grande in
1300-095 Lisboa, centre of the present painting. The Guia lighthouse
Portugal built in 1865, which is missing in this painting, Macao is in the Anthony J. Hardy Collection.8 •
was also damaged, and only renovated in 1910.
292 1 Crossman, 1991, p. 106.
The Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto 2 Crossman, 1991, p. 106.
and the wall that rises on the Penha Hill, both 3 Crossman, 1991, p. 106.
represented here, were dismantled in 1892, to 4 Dias, 2009, p. 62.
give way to the new Avenida da República.6 One 5 Conner, 2002, p. 79.
of the most significant civic architectural structures 6 Dias, 2009, p. 114.
of Macao in the late 19th and 20th centuries was the 7 Dias, 2009, p. 202.
Hing Kee Hotel, founded in 1880,7 which was subject 8 Conner, 2002, p. 79, no. 5.
to at least two improvements and name changes in
the 20th century (fig. 58). This building, erected with