Insight Guides Pocket Hong Kong by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Hong Kong
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Incense coils in A-Ma Temple

Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

The strategically located Barra Fortress once defended the southern tip of the peninsula. Although not completed until 1627, it was instrumental in defending Macau’s inner harbour against the 1622 attack by the Dutch. Used only once, the fort’s cannons were exchanged for rice to feed World War II refugees. Part of the fortress is now a hotel, the Pousada de Sao Tiago, which contains the original chapel of Sao Tiago (St James), a saint much revered in the area.

The northernmost point in Macau is the frontier between two contrasting worlds. The Barrier Gate (Portas do Cerco), built more than a century ago, marks the boundary between the MSAR and the People’s Republic of China.

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