Guia Lighthouse
The Guia Fortress is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex in São Lázaro, Macau. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: building in Macau, China
- Also known as: “Dongwangyang Dengta”, “Guia Fortress”, and “Song Shan Dengta”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Guia Fort and Guia Hill.
Guia Fort
Lighthouse
Photo: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Guia Fortress is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex in São Lázaro, Macau. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.
Guia Hill
Peak
The Guia Hill is a hill in located in São Lázaro, Macau, with an elevation of 91.6 meters. Situated in the central part of the Macau Peninsula, it features a park, recreational trails, a cable car, and other facilities. Guia Fortress is also located on the summit of this mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tap Siac and Peninsula.
Peninsula
The Macau Peninsula is the northern portion of China's Special Administrative Region of Macau. Its 8.5 square km is almost totally built up, making it the most urbanized and populous district in the territory.
Sé
Suburb
Photo: Majavar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sé is a southeast civil parish in the Macau Peninsula of Macau. It is the second largest peninsular district in Macau after the civil parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima.
Guia Lighthouse
- Categories: fortress, cultural heritage, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: São Lázaro, Macau, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.19653° or 22° 11′ 48″ northLongitude
113.5497° or 113° 32′ 59″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
7PJM5GWX+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 404669396OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Guia Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن جويا”
- Chinese: “东望洋灯塔”
- Chinese: “東望洋山炮台”
- Chinese: “東望洋炮台”
- Chinese: “松山灯塔”
- Chinese: “松山炮台”
- French: “Chapelle de la Guia”
- French: “forteresse de la Guia”
- French: “Forteresse de la Guia”
- French: “Phare de la Guia”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Guia”
- Korean: “기아 요새”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fortaleza da Guia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fortaleza de Guia”
- Norwegian: “Fortaleza da Guia”
- Persian: “دژ گویا”
- Pinyin: “Dōng wàng yáng dēngtǎ”
- Pinyin: “Sōngshān dēngtǎ”
- Portuguese: “Farol da Guia”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza da Guia (Macau)”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza da guia”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza da Guia”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Guia”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza, Farol e Capela da Guia”
- Portuguese: “Forte da Guia”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de la Guia”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de la Guía”
- Swedish: “Fortaleza da Guia”
- Yue Chinese: “東望洋炮台”
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