Churches & Temples

St. Augustine's Church

St Augustine's Church was founded by Spanish Augustinians in 1558; the present stone building dates to 1874, after fire and typhoon took the earlier ones.

Tam Kung Temple

Tam Kung Temple was built in Coloane Village in 1862 for a deity credited with controlling weather and healing — a single hall, fishing-community built.

St. Joseph's Seminary & Church

St Joseph's Seminary and Church, finished 1758, is East Asia's foremost Baroque church — a Latin cross plan behind Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders.

Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady

The Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady is a granite neoclassical church with twin bell towers, a barrel-vaulted nave and stained clerestory glass.

Na Tcha Temple

Na Tcha Temple was raised in 1888 against an epidemic — a single grey-brick hall standing directly beneath the Jesuit facade of the St Paul's ruin.

St. Lazarus' Church

St Lazarus' Church is a pale-yellow neo-Romanesque front with twin towers over dark granite, its nave 28 metres long under a timber-trussed vault.

Chapel of St. Francis Xavier

The Chapel of St Francis Xavier is a white baroque front on Coloane Village square, built 1928, about 10 by 5 metres under a timber-trussed roof.

Kun Iam Temple

Kun Iam Temple dates to 1627 and is where the 1844 Treaty of Wanghia was signed — three halls on a central axis below the slopes of Mong Há hill.

Pak Tai Temple

Pak Tai Temple of 1844 is Taipa Village's religious anchor, a three-hall complex raised when the island ran on fireworks manufacture and fishing.

St. Lawrence Church

St Lawrence Church took its present form in 1846 — twin bell towers, a pale blue timber-trussed vault, and a marble altar on a Latin cross plan.

Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows

The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows is a 1966 concrete triangle on Coloane Hill's north slope, austere where older Macanese churches are baroque.

Sam Kai Vui Kun Temple

Sam Kai Vui Kun, built 1792, was the Chinese merchants' meeting hall before any chamber of commerce existed — three halls beside Senado Square.

Cathedral Square

Cathedral Square is the calçada-paved Largo da Sé in front of the cathedral, ringed by pastel facades with green shutters and iron balconies.

Lin Fong Temple

Lin Fong Temple, built about 1592, was the last stop for Qing officials entering Macau — grey brick pavilions under green-glazed ridge tiles.

Chapel of Our Lady of Penha

The Chapel of Our Lady of Penha crowns Penha Hill in granite and stucco — founded in 1622, rebuilt in 1887, turned toward the outer harbour.

Tin Hau Temple (Coloane)