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São Gabriel captures a pivotal moment in history: Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the Europe-India maritime route in 1497

Macao’s Maritime Museum: An ode to seafaring

From simple Chinese fishing vessels to the grand galleons sailed by Portuguese traders, Macao’s waters once brimmed with boats. Now, the best place to see them is inside the city’s ship-shaped museum.
September 2023
Porcelain

Meet the man who owns four tonnes of Ming-era porcelain

Ben Rongen was there when a crew of marine archeologists recovered a massive haul of 17th-century ‘kraak ware’ from the bottom of the South China Sea. He’s been upcycling this imperfect treasure ever since – crafting jewellery out of shipwrecked ceramics.
September 2023
Kong Tac Lam Temple

A Macao monk’s role in women’s liberation

In the early 20th century, a devout Buddhist and his reformist friends ran a college for women. The archives amassed during this time – at Kong Tac Lam Temple – has just been awarded special new status by UNESCO.
August 2023
A photograph taken in the 1970s by Lei Chiu Vang depicts the Macao Gongbei Barrier Gate, which has gone through many changes over the past decades

The history keepers

Can you truly understand a place without knowing its past? Meet the people keeping Macao’s fascinating history alive.
April 2023
Map of Macao

Remembering the 1622 Battle of Macao

Historian Ivo Carneiro de Sousa recalls the Dutch East India Company’s attempts to conquer Macao and control trade routes in Southeast Asia, how the battle took place and how the event was recalled by the Dutch, the Jesuits and the Dominican Friars.
June 2022
Taipa Houses Museum

Taipa’s living history

Five simple 100-year-old houses in Taipa tell a hugely important part of the Macao story. The daily way of life of previous generations is kept alive to enrich the knowledge of locals and visitors alike.
December 2021
The main open courtyard of the Mandarin’s House

An intellectual who helped rebuild a nation

Zheng Guanying was a remarkable entrepreneur, Chinese patriot, moderniser, writer – and his ancestral home, the Mandarin's House, is one of Macao's architectural jewels.
October 2021
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