Tuesday, May 03, 2005


Macau St Paul's

Until 1999, Macau was a territory of Portugal, and the island is littered with European architecture. One of the more famous pieces being this church. A fire in 1835 destroyed most of it, but the front still remains, and you can see pious warnings in Chinese, and various carvings. The church was built by Japanese exiles, and so many of the drawings are Japanese style. I remember reading that there was a depiction of the saints in Samurai armor, but having not actually seen them (although we were only there for about 3 minutes), and having not been able to find this information again, I am doubting my memory now.

Thanks to the Portuguese, we were able to get a very delicious and familiar meal on the night we stayed there.

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