The square was named after the Leal Senado, a meeting place for the Chinese and Portuguese in the 16th to 18th centuries, located directly in front of the square, where Leal Senado Building stands today. In 1940, a small garden was built at the centre of the square, featuring a bronze statue of Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita standing above a stone pillar pulling out a sword. The statue was pulled down in the 12-3 incident as Mesquita was responsible for the deaths of many Qing Chinese soldiers. A fountain was built at its site and still stands today.
Vast majority of the buildings around the square are European styled and many are protected monuments. The square used to allow traffic and parking lots were present, with increasing number of tourists the entire area was covered by Portuguese pavement in the early 1990s and designated a pedestrian-only zone.[2][3]
Many large events in Macau were hosted on the square, this include festival celebrations, flea markets and performances. The governors of Macau also used to inspect their troops there. A number of Hong Kong films in the 1950s and 1960s had scenes shot at the square.
senado, square, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2014,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Senado Square news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Senado Square or Senate Square Chinese 議事亭前地 Cantonese Yale Yih Sih Tihng Chihn Deih Portuguese Largo do Senado is a paved town square in Se Macau China and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site 1 It is an elongated triangular shaped square and connects Largo do Sao Domingos at one end and Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro on the other It covers an area of 3 700 square meters 4 425 square yards Senado Square during the daySenado SquareSign in Portuguese and ChineseMap Contents 1 History 2 Buildings around the square 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe square was named after the Leal Senado a meeting place for the Chinese and Portuguese in the 16th to 18th centuries located directly in front of the square where Leal Senado Building stands today In 1940 a small garden was built at the centre of the square featuring a bronze statue of Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita standing above a stone pillar pulling out a sword The statue was pulled down in the 12 3 incident as Mesquita was responsible for the deaths of many Qing Chinese soldiers A fountain was built at its site and still stands today Vast majority of the buildings around the square are European styled and many are protected monuments The square used to allow traffic and parking lots were present with increasing number of tourists the entire area was covered by Portuguese pavement in the early 1990s and designated a pedestrian only zone 2 3 Many large events in Macau were hosted on the square this include festival celebrations flea markets and performances The governors of Macau also used to inspect their troops there A number of Hong Kong films in the 1950s and 1960s had scenes shot at the square The 2005 100 patacas note issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino features the square on its obverse side Buildings around the square editHoly House of Mercy Hotel Central Macau General Post Office Leal Senado BuildingReferences edit Senado Square Macau Government Tourism Office Archived from the original on 2014 07 14 Retrieved 2014 06 17 Senado Square Travel China Guide Archived from the original on 2021 09 25 Retrieved 2021 12 06 Calcada portuguesa Da pedra fez se mar Revista Macau in Portuguese 2014 10 08 Retrieved 2023 02 22 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Largo do Senado 192573684 Senado Square on OpenStreetMap nbsp Architecture portal 22 11 36 9 N 113 32 22 8 E 22 193583 N 113 539667 E 22 193583 113 539667 nbsp This Macau location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Senado Square amp oldid 1140917378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
