The old city wall near Estrada de São Francisco in Macao will be undergoing restoration work two years after a landslide resulted in part of the wall collapsing and another 10-metre section being torn down by the authorities over safety concerns.
According to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (also known by its Portuguese initials IC), the repair work will be overseen by Lai Pui Pek Construction Civil and is expected to take 300 days, costing a total of 2.14 million patacas.
Bureau officials were quoted by TDM as saying that the preliminary restoration work will involve stabilisation of the slope underneath the relic, which is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
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On 9 June 2022, part of the roughly 400-year-old wall near Estrada de São Francisco collapsed. The Civil Engineering Laboratory of Macau subsequently conducted an investigation that highlighted various causes of the incident, including the wall’s structural weakness, the heavy rain, as well as nearby construction work.
The wall is classified by the government as a cultural heritage site, with IC noting that it played an important role in the city’s military defence.
Remnants of the wall can also be found around Estrada do Visconde de S. Januário and the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha.
