Macau Travel - Ruins of St. Paul's 大三巴牌坊

Macau Travel - Ruins of St. Paul's 大三巴牌坊 (2015 0603) 

Address: Company Of Jesus Square, Edificio Long Chu, 1 R. da Ressurreicao, Macao

Opening hours

Façade of the Church of Mater Dei: 24/7

Sacred Art Museum and Crypt: 09:00 - 18:00 Closed on Tuesdays after 14:00-18:00

Ruins of St Paul's: 09:00 - 18:00 (No admission after 17:30)

 

Getting There:

Bus No. 10, 10A, 11, 21A, 2, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8A , 26A, 33 and get off at Avenida de Almeida Riberio (新馬路, San Man Lo), then walk along the Senado Square.

Bus No. 17, 18, 8A, 26 and get off at Jardim Camoes/ Terminal (白鴿巢總站, Camoes Garden Bus Terminal), and then walk along the Cobbled Street (石仔路).

 

Constructed from 1602 to 1640 by Jesuit priests Located at the top of a hill, the structure was the largest church in Asia at the time and was acclaimed as “The Vatican of the Far East”. Its existence was meant to express the triumph of the Roman Catholic Church through the ornate grandeur of the buildings.