Sunday, February 12, 2006

St. Paul’s Ruins in Macau

These ruins are clearly the center piece of this historic country. With the Portuguese landing here in the 1550’s they established a city and effective port of trade. Many years after the name evolved to Macau and it has been a point of intrigue ever since.

St. Paul’s Cathedral was built in 1620 and all that remain of this glorious structure is its magnificent stone façade and grand staircase. It was also the first Western college in the Far East serving astronomers and mathematicians. It is truly and place of history and peace.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey McKay, when did you take this picture? I am starting to love taking pictures of, and looking at pictures of architure, new and old.

McKay said...

Hey Sam,

I took this picture early 2005 on a trip to Macau from Hong Kong. I agree architecture can be amazing.