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Macao Government Headquarters

Five things you may not know about Macao’s Government Headquarters

Macao heritage buildings

The heritage building subsidy scheme could start next month

Macao heritage buildings

A scheme to help preserve privately owned heritage buildings has been unveiled

Macao Catholic

A series of videos about Macao’s Catholic history has been released

Historic structures in Macao_ Official residence of the Portuguese consul-general

Repairs will be carried out at three historic structures in Macao

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Palace Museum exhibits

One of the country’s most iconic museums is setting up a design and retail centre in Macao

An offshoot of Beijing’s Palace Museum is planned for the SAR and will focus on the creation and retail of merchandise inspired by the museum’s artefacts.

Macao wax figures

Eight top racers have been immortalised in the Grand Prix Museum’s latest attraction

The museum has unveiled wax figures of global racing icons and stars of the Guia circuit, created by Madame Tussauds.

Canton Great Bay

Traders were already talking about a ‘Great Bay’ area 300 years ago

Macao Polytechnic University historian Ivo Carneiro de Sousa has found evidence that the region was being conceived of as a unified whole as far back as the start of the 18th century.

Grande Hotel Macau

After being mothballed for 27 years, an iconic hotel prepares to reopen its doors

When it was first unveiled in 1941, the Grande Hotel was Macao’s tallest building. Now, after a 500 million pataca renovation, it hopes to turn heads once again.

Macao Museum

People with disabilities are being let down by the Macao Museum, study finds

Inadequate bathrooms, inaccessible exhibits and blocked elevators are among the failings highlighted by an academic audit.

A painting of the Iec Long firecracker factory

Travel back in time to experience Macao’s firecracker era

For much of the 20th century, many Macao people earned a living making fireworks. We spoke with two people who grew up in the business and hope to preserve this chapter of the city’s heritage.

Alessandro Valignano

From the archives: The man who made St Paul’s and the secrets behind the ruins that few tourists know

Although today it stands in ruins, framing photos for visitors from across the world, St Paul’s was one of Asia’s most important religious learning centres, founded by Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano.

Ulysses S. Grant and family in 1880

Remembering when Ulysses S. Grant got the cold shoulder in Macao

The 18th US President is best remembered as the general that led the Union to victory over the southern Confederacy in the American Civil War. But Grant’s impact went beyond the US. We take a look back at his peripatetic world tour, including a little-known trip to Macao.

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