I am going to talk about the landmark of Macao. Ruin of Saint Paul is one of the famous landmark where many foreign visitors interested in going sightseeing. Originally, it was a beautiful Catholic church. During the 19 centuries, it was burnt down by a huge fire which now remained a facade fortunately. It was repaired as a famous view in the latter day. The design was full of sacral art.

Monte Fortress is beside of Ruin of Saint Paul which was built in 1638. It was a Portuguese military station to prevent from the Dutch armies and was now one of the famous sightseeing. There is an observatory at Monte Fortress to forecast the weather of Macao and prevent from typhoon of each year.

Kun Iam Tong and Barra Ma Kok temple are the traditional Chinese Buddhism building in Macao. A lot of people will go to there for blessings and offer sacrifices during festivals. Especially the shrines are crowded with many believers during Lunar New Year. As it’s name implies, Barra Ma Kok temple actually comes from the Name of Macao. It was also called Tin Hau temple. It was built before the Portuguese invadce to Macao.

Camoes museum is the place in which commemorate a great Portuguese poet named as Camoes. He had written many great poems when he stayed in Macao. The museum had wxhibited the details of whole life of Camoes.

Lou Lim Ieok Garden was the private place where belonged to a rich business man in the early beginning. But he like to open the garden for people to go sightseeing. There were many different kinds of trees, flowers and plants. Lotus and little bridge were attractive so much! It belongs to a tourism area of Macao Government.

Vitoria garden and Saint Francisco garden are the small parks for people to rest. There is some public equipment for children to play. But these places were barren (warste) lands in many years ago.

As Portas do Cerco(Inclosure portal) is the border between Zhuhai and Macao. All the Chinese foods were transited to Macao from the custom by vehicles. And many people come in and go out from the custom every day. It is very important for people’s life of Macao.

The Nobre de Cavalho Bridge is the first road connection between Macao and the islands(Taipa and Coloane). It was built in 1974. It has 3,450 metres long with two traffic lanes, together with the Ruin of Saint Paul’s it got the statute of the most popular territory’s ex-libris(symbol).

The friendship bridge was built in 1994 after the period of spring festival. It is 4.5 kilometres long. It has four lanes, two in each direction. It offer the transportable convenience for container port in Ka-Ho, on Coloane, and the Macao International Airport of Taipa.

Lighthouse of Guia is located on the higher region. It had lighted thousands of ships to sail under their correct direction in early days. When typhoons have come to Macao, Lighthouse of Guia would hanged different typhoon signal to tell the weather situation. Fortress of Guia also has the typhoon signal hanged when typhoons come each year.