Historic Centre of Macao
Also known as A-Ma Temple, Capela de Nossa Senhora da Guia, Casa Garden, Église Saint-Paul de Macao, Fortaleza de São Paulo do Monte, Fortaleza do Monte, Guia Lighthouse, Guia Lighthouse (Macau), Historic Centre of Macau, Holy House of Mercy of Macau, Igreja da Sé, Igreja de São Lourenço, Igreja e Seminário de São José, Kuan Tai Temple, Leal Senado Building, Macau Protestant Chapel, Morrison Protestant Chapel, Old Protestant Cemetery, Old Protestant Chapel and Cemetery (Macau), Protestant Cemetery, Ruines de Saint-Paul, Ruins of St. Paul's, Sam Kai Vui Kun, Santa Casa da Misericordia, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Senado Square, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library, St Lawrence's Church, St. Anthony's Church, St. Augustine's Church, St. Dominic's Church, St. Joseph's Seminary and Church, 澳門歷史城區, 聖老楞佐堂, 聖若瑟修院及聖堂
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2005
Area
16 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic Centre of Macao is in Macau. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kaiping Diaolou and Villages, about 100 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Macau · about 569,000 peopleat the site
- Zhuhai · about 1,023,000 peopleabout 10 km north
- Jiangmen · about 532,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Hong Kong · about 7,206,000 peopleabout 70 km east
- Shenzhen · about 7,581,000 peopleabout 70 km north-east
- Dongguan · about 4,528,000 peopleabout 100 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural105 km away
ChinaNatural444 km away
ChinaCultural445 km away
ChinaCultural526 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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