During the 19th century, the formerly Portuguese-run territory had an area of only 2.78 square kilometres, but has expanded greatly since.
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The new additions were first proposed a year ago and their formal approval now boosts the number of cultural heritage sites in Macao to 165.
To mark International Women’s Day, we reflect on women who defied convention to live as they felt best.
The Dutch amateur filmmaker is best known for digitising and sharing footage of Asian places that he made from the 1940s onwards.
The discovery of the cannon – which has been transported to a warehouse pending detailed analysis – comes roughly three years after a similar finding in Cotai.
While the dust has certainly settled in recent decades, Macao has historically been a haven for miscreants ranging from marauding pirates to triad gangsters.
The forthcoming closure of the MJC is the end of an era in Macao. Here are some surprising facts about a club that never fulfilled the hopes so many had for it.
The government’s long-awaited heritage management and preservation plan still needs UNESCO approval, but is slated to come into effect at the start of June 2024.
The conventional wisdom says that ‘Macau’ is the Portuguese spelling, while ‘Macao’ is the English spelling, but the answer isn’t as clear-cut as you think.