Guia Fortress Macau Holiday Tour Travel
Guia Fortress Macau is a military fort located on reclaimed Sao Lazaro, Macau. We offer complete Guia Fortress Macau tour packages, destination best tour offers and travel deals and Destination holiday packages for family. The Guia Fortress Macau is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex. It is in the St. Lazarus Parish, Macau Peninsula, Macau. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.
Guia Fortress Macau has a trapezoidal plan covering an area of around 800 square metres. The Guia Fortress Macau lighthouse located within it, is a 15-metre-high tower with a diameter of 7 metres at the base narrowing upwards to 5 metres. At the top, there is a circular observation platform, where the lantern is installed. The light transmitter is accessed by a spiral flight of stairs inside. The Guia Fortress Macau tower has a simple rustic exterior, in keeping with Guia Chapel lying adjacent.
The Guia Fortress Macau church has a simple facade, with a triangular pediment on pilasters finished in yellow rendering that contrasts with the unadorned white building. The Guia Fortress Macau chapel nave measures 16 by 4.7 metres, with thick bearing walls supporting the interior vaulting, further strengthened by buttresses running along the perimeter of the building. Inside, the sacristy is located on the left of the chancel and a small choir is located over the entrance. The Guia Fortress Macau roof is covered with traditional reddish ceramic tiles.