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St. Augustine's Church

Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  

Address: No.2 Santo Agostinho Square

Bus routes nearby: 3, 3X, 4, 6A, 8A, 18A, 19, 26A, 33, N1A

World Heritage Sites Nearby: Dom Pedro V Theatre, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library, Mandarin's House

Founded in 1591, the Macao Chinese called it Long Song Miu (Temple of the Long-whiskered Dragon). Because the original building was as simple as an ordinary wooden house, it couldn't stand the wind and rain, and the location was on the top of the mountain, so the leaves used to shelter the wind and rain were blowing in the wind. Like the dragon must be erected and fluttering in the wind.

Later, in 1874, the church was rebuilt, and it became what it is today.  This church maintains the tradition of organizing one of the most popular processions through the city, the Easter Procession, involving thousands of devotees.. This tradition has been inherited since the establishment of the Macau Diocese in the 16th century.

St. Augustine's Church - night scene

Facade of St. Augustine's Church: Image Source -澳門世遺 www.wh.mo