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Guia Fortress
(including Guia Chapel and Lighthouse)
Opening hours
Fortress: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Chapel: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., no admission after 5:30 p.m. (no photographs allowed)
Lighthouse: not open to the public
Free entrance
Bus routes nearby: 2, 2A, 6A, 12, 17, 18, 18A, 18B, 19, 22, 23, 25, 25B, 32, 56
Tourist attraction Sites Nearby: Guia Hill Military Tunnels, The Guia Circuit, Vasco da Gama Garden, St. Lazarus Church
Guia Fortress was built between 1622 and 1638, located on Guia Hill, is the highest peak in the peninsula of Macau, 90 meters above sea level. When the government planted pine trees in the hill, the Macao Peple were called "Pine Mountain（松山）".
This hill in Portuguese is "Colina da Guia", the name origin has its allusions, when the Netherlands invaded Macau, a Dutch officer named "Guia" was captured by the Macao Army, and imprisoned in the hill, later called the hill "Colina da Guia".
To Guia Hill, first will go to the peak of the lighthouse direction, Guia Fortress has been a military restricted area until the Portuguese army withdrew from Macao in 1976 to open to the public.
On the fort, which also reached the lighthouse at the top of the hill, built in 1865, has been providing evening navigation along the coast of Macao, initially only lit with kerosene lamps, then changed to modern lighting and added electric rotation function, the lighthouse still continues its sailing services.
Top rotating spotlight
The building next to the lighthouse is a 1622-year-old chapel “a Capela da Guia"(Chapel of Our Lady Guia), in 1996, when the government was in repair, they discovered the characters of the Bible painted by Chinese painting methods in the Chapel wall, including the portrait of the Saint John the Baptist, it has historical value, for the preservation of monuments, and today we entered the Chapel with the attention that we were forbidden to take pictures or videos.
Chapel of Our Lady Guia（A Capela da Guia）Can't allow photo inside, only take photo from the door outside.
Chapel and Guia Lighthouse
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Lighthouse aerial view
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