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'Leal Senado‘ Building
Historical background,
This is the government building which was
geographical and natural
built in 1784. It is now known as IAM
building. The building is the Macao’s first
features of the city
municipal chamber. It is neo-classical in
design. Although the building is more than
200 years old, tourists are expected to see

the original appearance of the building
since all its original master walls and

primary layout are retained.

Ruins of St. Paul

Ruins of St. Paul is one of the symbol of
Macau. This symbolic the culture of Macau

in religious aspect. St. Paul was the first
western-university in far East. It was built in

1602-1640 while destroyed by fire in 1835.
The St. Paul presents the combination of
East and West. In terms of the decoration,

although St. Paul is a building with Western
style, several Chinese characters as

decoration can be find. For example, “鬼是
誘人為惡” (Ghosts lead people to devil).
Apart form the decoration, the name of the

building also shows the connection
between East and West. The Chinese name

of the ruin is 大三巴牌坊. The Paifang
actually is a special feature of traditional

Chinese architecture. The appearance of
the St.Paul also looks similar to the Paifang.

It is fair to say the Ruins of St Paul not only
shows the religion of Macau people in the
past, it also reveals the combination of East

and West. Tourist may have new
recognition to Macau in terms of historic

and cultural aspect after visited the Ruins
of St. Paul.